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A podcast, hosted by Judge Alexander Williams, Jr., that tackles current hot topics with experts in their field and debates how the scales of justice are balanced criminally, socially and ethically.

Judge Alexander Williams, Jr.


    • Dec 31, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 57m AVG DURATION
    • 23 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Perspectives On Justice

    Health Disparities in Communities of Color

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 62:02


    Interviews w/ - Joseph L. Wright, MD, MPH Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer Capital Region Health, University of Maryland Medical System - Dr. George Askew, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Health and Human Resources and Education, Office of the County Executive for Prince George's County, MD

    Human Trafficking

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 56:59


    Interviews w/ - Melissa Hoppmeyer, Assistant State's Attorney, Office of the State's Attorney for Prince George's County - Renee Battle-Brooks, Executive Director, Prince George's County Human Relations Commission - Lanae Holmes, Director of Case Services in the Family Advocacy Division at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children - Laura Ardito, Deputy Director – University of MD SAFE Center

    Legal Careers - “So You Want to Be a Lawyer”

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 63:43


    Interviews w/ - Adam Kurland, Professor of Law, Howard University /School of Law - Aja Baker, JD Candidate - Ahmed Fadlalla, JD Candidate - Phillip Green , Esq. - Nicole O. Esuola, Esq.

    Post Conviction – Expungement, Pardons, Commuting Sentences and Parole

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 46:23


    Interviews w/ - Steve Mercer, Attorney - RaquinMercer LLC - Evans Ray, Jr. – Returning Citizen that had his sentence commuted by President Barack Obama - Doyle Niemann, Assistant State's Attorney for Prince George's County and Co-Chair of the Parole Reform Commission

    Returning Citizens

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 60:03


    Interviews w/ - Calvin Hawkins, Chair, Prince George's County Council - Dr. Jacqueline Somerville, Program Chief, Behavioral Health, Prince George's County Health Department - Rev. Lawrence Barbour, Founder, Expectancy Community Outreach

    Impact Of Incarceration On Children & Families

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 51:48


    Interviews w/ - Yasmine Arrington, Founder of ScholarCHIPS - Shari Scher, Founder, Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership - Lindsey Cramer and Bryan Peterson, Researchers, Urban Institute

    The Outlook On Marijuana

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 54:05


    Interviews w/ - Dr. Leah Sera, Program Director, UMD School of Pharmacy, Master of Science in medical cannabis science and therapeutics - Judge Vicky Ivory-Orem, Orphans' Court Judge and Founder and CEO of Livasis - MD State Delegate Darryl Barnes (D) 25th Legislative District

    Gun Control (Part II)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 52:14


    Interviews w/ - MD State Senator William C. Smith, Jr. (D) District 20, Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee - MD State Delegate David Moon (D) District 20, Judiciary Committee.

    Gun Control (Part I)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 61:18


    Interviews w/ - J. Morris Lee, Sr., Cert. Instructor USCCA CCHD, Maryland QHIL Champions Solutions Firearms Services - Liz Banach, Executive Director Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence - Lauren Footman Director of Outreach and Equity Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence | Coalition to Stop Gun Violence

    Defund The Police

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 62:06


    Interviews w/ - Police Chief David Mitchell - University of Maryland-College Park Police Department - Dr. Kameron Van Patterson - Assistant Research Professor, Department of African American Studies, College of Behavioral Science, University of Maryland-College Park, MD - Judge (Retired) Maureen Lamansey, Co-Chair, Prince George's County, MD Police Reform Work Group

    Racial Profiling

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 57:27


    Interviews w/ - Renee Hutchins, Dean, University of the District of Columbia (UDC) School of Law - J. Wyndal Gordon, trial attorney in MD and the Federal Court.

    Education Equity

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2021 60:47


    Interviews w/ - Dr. Alvin Thornton, Former Chair of the Prince George's County Public Schools Board of Education - MD Delegate Elizabeth “Susie” Proctor - Curtis Valentine, Board Member – Prince George's County Public Schools Board of Education

    Criminal Justice Reform

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 63:22


    Interviews w/ - Jonathan Rapping, Founder and President of Gideon's Promise - Tony Covington, State's Attorney for Charles County

    One Year Anniversary Of COVID-19

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 58:40


    Interviews w/ - Alexandra Pratt, M.D. - Chair, Critical Care Medicine, Medstar Washington Hospital Center - Dr. Marilou Tablang-Jimenez, Medical Director of the Addiction and Mental Health Center at Medstar Montgomery Medical Center - Melissa Pontello, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Nurse, SSM DePaul Hospital - St. Louis, MO.

    Historical Current Events Roundtable

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 56:10


    Interviews w/ - Dr. Max Hilaire, Professor and Department Chair, Political Science – Morgan State University - Dr. Alvin Thornton, former Political Science Professor – Howard University - Jose Anderson, Law Professor – University of Baltimore School of Law

    The Opioid Crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2021 60:05


    Interviews w/ - Boyd Rutherford, Lt. Governor of MD and Chairman of the Opioid Operations Command Center - Dr. Aliya Jones, Deputy Secretary of Behavioral Health at the Maryland Department Health - Jaymi Sterling, Assistant State's Attorney, Office of the State's Attorney for Anne Arundel County

    Women's History Month

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2021 55:20


    Interviews w/ - Judge Sheila Tillerson Adams, Chief Circuit Court Administrative Judge – 7th Judicial Circuit – MD - Alicia Wilson, Vice President for Economic Development at the Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Health System - Midshipman First Class Sydney Barber, Brigade Commander, U.S. Naval Academy

    Domestic Violence

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2021 59:01


    Interviews w/ - Christine Neely, Domestic Violence Survivor - Dr. Denise McCain, Executive Director, Prince George's County Family Justice Center - Kathryn Marsh and Melissa Hoppmeyer, Assistant State's Attorneys/Office of the State's Attorney for Prince George's County

    Learning in Today's Environment - What Does it Look Like Going Forward

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2020 59:15


    Interviews w/ - Paul Monteiro, Member – PGCPS Board of Education - Lisa Hazel, PGCPS Teacher/Reading Specialist - Theresa Dudley, President – Prince George's County Educators' Association - Jazlyn Leonzo, PGCPS Student and President of the Prince George's Regional Association of Student Governments (PGRASG); - Makal Matthews, PGCPS Student and Vice President of PGRASG

    Moratorium on Evictions & Foreclosures

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2020 53:52


    Interviews w/ - Flora Arabo, National Director for State and Local Policy Enterprise Community Partners - Frank Demarais, Deputy Director of Montgomery County Department of Housing and Community Affairs - Cate Denny, Attorney, DC Tenants Rights Center

    Post Election Debriefing

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2020 58:29


    Interviews w/ - Dr. Niambi Carter, Political Science Professor at Howard University, - Dr. Diarra Robertson, History & Government Department Chair at Bowie State University - Dr. Steven Taylor, Political Science Professor at American University.

    Importance of Voting/Voting Rights Act

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2020 57:50


    Interviews w/ - Tierra Bradford, Policy Manager for Common Cause Maryland - Michael Mareno, the Deputy Director of the Civic Engagement Committee at UMD with the Student Government Association - Dr. Alvin Thornton, Political Scientist and Chair of the Board of Education for Prince George's County Public Schools

    Excessive Force/Police Brutality

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2020 60:04


    Interviews w/ - Former Police Chief for Montgomery County, MD Clarence Edwards - State's Attorney for Prince George's County, MD Aisha Braveboy

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