Procedural Due Process | Episode 6

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Before the government can take away your life, liberty, or property, it must first give you due process: fair and meaningful procedure. On this episode, we trace the history of due process from 1215 to today. And we head to Harris County, Texas, which operates the the third-largest jail in the country, to see why federal courts say its system of money bail violated that ancient guarantee.

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Guests

Anthony Sanders, Institute for Justice

Dana Berliner, Institute for Justice

Diana Simpson, Institute for Justice

Alec Karakatsanis, Civil Rights Corps

Megan Stevenson, Antonin Scalia Law School – George Mason University

Resources

Procedural Due Process: The Original Understanding, by Edward J. Eberle

Due Process as Separation of Powers, by Nathan S. Chapman & Michael W. McConnell

Civil Due Process, Criminal Due Process, by Niki Kuckes

Only 2% of federal criminal defendants go to trial, and most who do are found guilty, by John Gramlich

The Downstream Consequences of Misdemeanor Pretrial Detention, by Paul Heaton, Sandra Mayson & Megan Stevenson

Distortion of Justice: How the Inability to Pay Bail Affects Case Outcomes, by Megan Stevenson

Harris County bail case page, Civil Rights Corps

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