What we helped people do was see their own power in a situation where they felt hopeless like there was no possibility for change communities banded together and put district attorneys in office

That was gonna be accountable to them and it doesn't mean that everything changes overnight, but what it does mean is that when someone knows

that you put them in office,

they also know that you can take them out.

And that type of power, when leveraged appropriately,

is the type of power that gives us the ability to change the rules.

It's why elections matter. What's up everybody? I'm Clint Smith and I'm Josie Duffy Rice and this is

Justice in America. Each show we discuss a topic in the American

criminal justice system

and try to explain what it is and how it works.

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So we started the show with a clip from our guests, Rashad Robinson, who's the

executive director of Color of Change, and we're

thrilled to have him on today.

Today we're talking about a topic that we've covered a little bit before.

Prosecuters, but we are going to talk about a new thing regarding prosecutors, and that is drum roll.

Prosecutor Elections.

So if you consider yourself a progressive, which both of us do, the past few years have been tough election-wise to say the least.

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