How to Create More Opportunities to Fight the Government's Case Pre-Trial w/Chesa Boudin and Eric Fish

Dec 17

Today, Hunter is joined once again by Eric Fish and Chesa Boudin. This time, Eric and Chesa join the show to discuss a recent law review article they published discussing ways to strengthen pre-trial adjudication. As discussed at length on the show, our criminal legal system has killed the jury trial. As a result, opportunities to bring injustices, misconduct, and corruption to light have faded away. Chesa and Eric’s law review article attempts to point out places around the country that have figured out ways to revive adversarial aspects of our legal system before trial. In doing so, they offer a pathway that criminal defense lawyers may be able to increase their chances to oppose the governments case in public.

Guests:

Chesa Boudin, Executive Director, UC Berkley Criminal Law and Justice Center

Eric Fish, Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law

Resources:

Contact Chesa

https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/chesa-boudin/#tab_profile

https://x.com/chesaboudin?lang=en

Contact Eric

https://x.com/Eric_S_Fish

https://law.ucdavis.edu/people/eric-fish

Law Review Article

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5026754