You Might Go to Prison with Justin Brooks

“We’ve been doling out the same punishment for a thousand
years.


This concept of prisons… everything else in our
society seems to evolve into a better way to do things. But we're
doing the same thing we were doing a thousand years ago.


 So how can it possibly be the best way to approach
things?”


 ­ - Justin Brooks, today’s guest and
author of the new book You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You’re
Innocent


Our guests often remind us that we're no longer in a place where
we can simply sit and discuss the changes we need to make. We are
in dire need of a revolution. In this episode, Justin Brooks, the
director and co-founder of the California Innocence Project and
author of the new book You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You're
Innocent, shares with us deep Insights into a judicial system
that is dysfunctional, subjective, racist, and classist.


Did you know that you can be wrongfully convicted if you look
like someone else? If you have a bad lawyer? If you're not good
at answering questions? If you live in the city or in the
country? Or if someone you're close to gets murdered? These are
just a handful of reasons why innocent people are often convicted
and sent to prison.


Join us as we discuss why innocent people go to jail, what
happens to innocent people in jail, and creative ways to disrupt
and rebuild our outdated judicial system.


Links


 


Justin Brooks


Justin Brook's new book, You Might Go to Prison, Even Though
You're Innocent:
https://www.amazon.com/Might-Prison-Though-Youre-Innocent/dp/0520386833/


The California Innocence Project:
https://californiainnocenceproject.org/


Quantum Revolution


For more information and for full transcripts (starting with
season 6), please go to our website at
https://quantumrevolutionpodcast.com/.


Timestamps:


(0:00-2:35) Introduction to this episode, “You Might Go to Prison
with Justin Brooks”, with Karen Curry Parker.


(2:35-3:57) Welcoming Justin Brooks.


(3:57-6:59) What is The California Innocence Project?


(6:59-8:04) How many innocent people has Justin Brooks help
exonerate?


(8:04-12:20) What kind of evidence does it take to prove someone
is innocent and what does it take to get the innocent person out
of prison?


(12:20-14:24) Is our system biased? Is justice blind or are we
blind to innocence?


(14:24-19:09) How do we fulfill the intention of the judicial
system?


(19:09-21:47) Many of the people in the criminal justice system
are there because they are suffering the long-term symptoms of
having been abused or injured psychologically during childhood.


(21:47-24:11) Justin’s ability to not succumb to despair with the
powerful and difficult work he does every day.


(24:11-26:29) What is Justin’s vision of the criminal justice
system in a perfect world?


(26:29-27:35) Thank you from Karen Curry Parker and Justin
Brooks.


(27:35-29:31 Outro to this episode, “You Might Go to Prison with
Justin Brooks”, with Karen Curry Parker.

(29:31-30:13) Outro to the Quantum Revolution Podcast.