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A path out of punishment toward a new vision of justice and healing. We live in a country blighted by mass incarceration. How do we imagine what a different vision of justice could look like? A New Legacy offers answers and hope in conversations with community leaders who are working to create a safe and just world. Jess and Annie Nichol provide a critical viewpoint as survivors of a high profile violent crime that changed the course of the justice system. When their sister, Polly Klaas, was ...
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Restorative Justice has been coming more into the forefront of the conversation around alternatives to a punitive approach to crime and violence, but there seem to be a lot of different ideas and misconceptions around what restorative justice is, who it’s for, how it works, and whether forgiveness is a necessary part of the process. In this episode…
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Paradigm Shift: A Conversation With Jay Jordan, Part 2
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After landing in prison as a teenager under the Three Strikes law, Jay Jordan knows the ins and outs of the carceral system from firsthand experience. This knowledge informs his advocacy and leadership as the CEO of the Alliance for Safety and Justice. In the second part of our 2-part conversation, Jay addresses what we need to do to move from a sy…
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Time Done: A Conversation With Jay Jordan, Part 1
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Jay Jordan is the CEO of the Alliance for Safety and Justice. Jay landed in prison as a teendager under the Three Strikes law. While spending two years in solitary confinement, a single question prompted Jay to change his life forever: Who are you? Since then, Jay has been answering that question every day through his advocacy on behalf of crime su…
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How We Got Here: A Conversation With Lenore Anderson
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Lenore Anderson is the co-founder and President of the Alliance for Safety and Justice, one of the largest justice and public safety reform advocacy organizations in the country, and founder of Californians for Safety and Justice–the nation’s largest network of crime survivors. Today’s conversation illuminates how we arrived at the various crises w…
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Living Two Lives: A Conversation With Sam Lewis
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Sam Lewis is the Executive Director of the Anti Recidivism Coalition. A former life prisoner himself, Sam understands the enormous obstacles current and formerly incarcerated people face in reintegrating themselves back into their communities and rebuilding their lives. This conversation will delve deeply into the power of redemption and rehabilita…
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We Are Survivors: A Conversation with Tinisch Hollins
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In this conversation, we will be speaking with lifelong community organizer and Executive Director of Californians for Safety and Justice, Tinisch Hollins. We will discuss how Bay Area communities have come together to create ways of supporting kids and schools. We will also learn about critical legislation in the making, as well as Tinisch's journ…
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Introduction to A New Legacy: A Conversation with Jess and Annie Nichol
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In this episode, Jess and Annie introduce themselves and describe their vision for this podcast. They also discuss their experience as victims of the high profile kidnapping of their sister, Polly Klaas, which left Jess and Annie indelibly marked. This tragic crime also resulted in some harsh sentencing laws that worsened mass incarceration, with a…
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