#451 Eliza Orlins Is The Glow Up The Manhattan DA Office Needs

American Fever Dream

Betches

News, Politics, Daily News

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Alise and Amanda sit down with Eliza Orlins, a candidate for Manhattan District Attorney and a public defender in New York City for 12 years. Orlins details her experience representing the city’s most marginalized people, and how the cash bail system criminalizes poverty and has lifelong impacts on people jailed for minor crimes they might not have even committed. She explains what a DA can do on day 1 to dramatically change the lives of New Yorkers, and how the DA could have intervened sooner in Harvey Weinstein and Donald Trump’s crimes. Finally, the “Survivor” and “Amazing Race” alum tells us which New York politician she’d take with her on the “Amazing Race.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Betcha's media presents Donald Trump was a stain on our country.
0:05.2	I'm someone's daughter too.
0:06.9	That's what I'm trying to say!
0:08.1	Oh, holy God, congratulations, Mr. President!
0:10.9	The Betcha's sub-podcast.
0:12.9	Mr. Vice President, I'm speaking.
0:17.1	Hi guys, it is Amanda. I'm back with Elise Morales.
0:21.1	Today, we are so excited to be here with Eliza Orland.
0:24.6	Eliza is a public defender who is running to be Manhattan's district attorney
0:28.9	as a Democrat. Thank you so much for joining us.
0:31.9	I'm so excited to be here with you.
0:33.2	Thanks for having me.
0:34.3	So I want to start right off with a really broad question.
0:37.4	Really broad. What are you doing?
0:39.2	And what path did you take to get here?
0:43.0	So I am currently running for Manhattan district attorney,
0:47.2	and it was not necessarily a linear path to get here.
0:52.0	I really never anticipated running for office
0:54.8	and certainly not running to be the chief prosecutor in Manhattan.
0:59.6	All I ever wanted to do with my life was be a public defender.
1:02.3	It was the reason I went to law school.
1:03.6	It was the only job I applied for, and I tell law students,
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