Can the Criminal Justice System be Fixed? (with Matt Martens)

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae

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🗓️ 21 September 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Is the criminal justice system in the US broken? If so, what would it take to fix it? Are there parts of the justice system that are actually unjust? Join Scott and Sean as they discuss these questions and more with attorney Matthew Martens around his new book Reforming Criminal Justice: A Christian Proposal.Matthew Martens is a long time attorney, has seen both sides of the criminal justice system. He has worked both as a federal prosecutor (9 years) and as a criminal defense attorney ...

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0:00.0	What does the Bible have to say about our criminal justice system?
0:05.0	What are some of the parts of the system that are unjust and need to be changed?
0:09.0	How do you ensure that justice is being done when the system is full of valuable human beings.
0:14.0	We'll answer these questions and a whole lot more with our guest today.
0:18.0	Matt Martins, who is a former prosecutor, now criminal
0:25.0	attorney, justice,
0:26.0	justice a Christian proposal.
0:28.0	It's a fascinating new book,
0:29.0	but so forward to getting into it.
0:30.0	I'm your host Scott Ray.
0:32.0	And I'm your co-host Sean Macau. This is Think
0:33.8	Biblically a podcast from Talbot School of Theology here at Biola
0:36.8	University. Matt, welcome, great to have you with us. Tell us a little bit
0:41.8	about your own story and what specifically what qualifies you to talk about
0:48.0	the changes to the criminal justice system that you're, particularly from a Christian worldview.
0:55.0	So thanks for having me here today.
0:57.0	I'm really honored to be here.
0:59.2	So I guess, you know, I don't know if I'm, you know, me qualified it's a it's a complex topic there's lots of different
1:05.6	qualifications people could have I'm a lawyer I've been practicing criminal law both as a federal
1:10.4	prosecutor and a defense attorney for more than 20 years.
1:15.2	I was a political appointee in the George W Bush administration in the early 2000,
1:20.2	serving as chief of staff for the criminal division in the US Justice Department
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