You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You're Innocent w/ Justin Brooks

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🗓️ 21 April 2023

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Today's guest is Professor Justin Brooks, Criminal Justice Champion & California Innocence Project Co-Founder Prof. Justin Brooks, is a leading criminal defense attorney and co-founder of the California Innocence Project. Recognized as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in California and twice awarded "Lawyer of the Year" by California Lawyer Magazine, Brooks has dedicated his career to fighting for justice and exonerating the wrongfully convicted. Beginning his teaching journey at Georgetown Law Center, Brooks later taught criminal law, criminal procedure, and death penalty law at Western Michigan University. In 1999, he moved to California and established the California Innocence Project at California Western School of Law. Under his leadership, the project has freed dozens of innocent people, trained hundreds of law students, and sparked significant legal reform in California. Brooks' dedication to justice extends to Latin America, where he founded the Latin American Institute for Law and Justice and Red Inocente. These organizations focus on training law students and lawyers and supporting innocence projects across the region. A prolific writer, Brooks has published extensively on criminal justice issues and authored the only legal casebook on wrongful convictions. His impact is so profound that actor Greg Kinnear portrayed him in the movie Brian Banks. Justin Brooks, criminal defense attorney, California Innocence Project, Top 100 Lawyers, Lawyer of the Year, Georgetown Law Center, Western Michigan University, California Western School of Law, Latin American Institute for Law and Justice, Red Inocente, wrongful convictions, Greg Kinnear, Brian Banks. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://www.betterhelp.com/MPM and get on your way to being your best self. YouTube link to this episode: Wanna say thanks for a great episode? Buy me a coffee! Get your official Moving Past Trauma Podcast gear here: https://www.collierlandry.com/store Join our Patreon: for exclusive content, member-only meet n' greets, support this podcast & more: https://www.collierlandry.com/support Shop & Support: You can support this program by using our Amazon Affiliate link: https://www.collierlandry.com/amazon Subscribe to my YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/collierlandry I go live on Instagram TUESDAY'S 11 am PT/2 pm ET on @collierlandry -Official Socials- TikTok: @collierlandry Instagram: @collierlandry Twitter: @collierlandry Facebook: /collierlandry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The U.S. has the largest criminal legal system in the world.
0:05.1	We have the largest prison system in the world.
0:08.1	We incarcerate the highest percentage of our population in the world.
0:11.9	So our system is massive and unrivaled.
0:15.9	And without plea bargaining, the whole system would grind to a hole.
0:20.1	Because it's not in my client's
0:21.8	best interest that the prosecution's angry and wants to fight and keep fighting while my client
0:27.1	sits in prison.
0:29.7	The testimony continued today in the most notorious criminal trial in Richland County history.
0:34.8	Dr. John Boyle is accused of killing his wife, Noreen, and burying her body
0:38.3	in the basement of his new home in Erie, Pennsylvania. The 12-year-old son finally took the stand.
0:43.2	As I heard a scream, I heard a thud. It was about this loud. We, the jury find the defendant
0:48.2	guilty. When I was 12 years old, my testimony sent my father to prison for murdering my mother. This podcast serves as a type of
0:57.2	therapy and reconciliation for myself, and it is my hope that it helps anyone who has experienced
1:03.0	deception, betrayal, and dark trauma. I'm Collierlandry, and this is Moving Past Trauma.
1:11.8	Hey, movers.
1:13.0	Welcome back to another episode of moving past trauma.
1:16.4	I'm your host, Call your Landry, and what's going on?
1:21.0	I'm really excited today.
1:22.6	I have a great guest for you guys.
1:25.2	Justin Brooks, who is the head of the California Innocence Project. He is a
1:30.7	lawyer, obviously, and a professor as well. He is the author of the book. You might go to prison,
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