Jaws of Justice Radio

For our show on August 24th, host Teresa Wilke talks with Michael Brouwer, Criminal Justice Coordinator, and Matt Cravens, Data Analyst, both at the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, Douglas County, KS. Mike Brouwer has more than 23 years of experience in providing mental health and criminal justice-related services.   Mike is recognized for his criminal justice […]

For our show on August 17th, host Margot Patterson had scheduled a talk with Kalfani Ture,  Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Policing at Quinnipiac University, a university located in the middle of the power corridor between Boston and New York City.  He is also a Senior Fellow at the Urban Ethnography Project (UEP) at […]

For our show on August 10th, we feature an interesting piece produced by Bill Clause on the topic of police reform.  There is an apparent lack of trust, accountability, excessive use of force, discriminatory policies and practices, and inadequate training of police forces.  The belief that addressing low-level “disorder” to prevent more serious crimes is […]

Host Keith Brown El has written a treatise on gun violence, Real Reasons for Gun Violence Exposed, which you can read at this link:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a8b1IqfUvp7cwNcP1GAyvEw5KO0U3Qdt/view?usp=sharing There are, no doubt, historical and economic reasons for the number of guns and how we use them in our society.  We hope our discussion will lead to positive change.  We […]

Having worked as a criminal defense attorney for 40 years, Carl Bussey is a fixture in the courtrooms of Kansas City.  Energetic, friendly, and frequently seen juggling dockets and phone calls – all while working magic for his clients – a casual observer may never come to understand the truly remarkable story that is Carl […]

On Monday, July 20, host Craig Lubow interviews two candidates for the upcoming Jackson County District Attorney general election –  incumbent Jean Peters Baker (Democrat) and her challenger Tracey Chappell (Republican Party).  Both are running unopposed in the August 4th Primary Election and so it is likely they will be the candidates in the November […]

Gun Violence will be the subject of a new, statewide journalism project the Kansas City Star has undertaken in Missouri this year in partnership with the national service program Report for America and sponsored by Missouri Foundation for Health.  As part of this effort, the Star is reaching out to the community for help.  Jaws […]

Mary Fox of St. Louis, Missouri,  took office to serve as director of the Missouri State Public Defender System on January 10, 2020. The Missouri State Public Defender System has been in crisis for decades — underfunded and overburdened. The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri filed a class action lawsuit to limit the number […]

Reaching the pinnacle of her professional career, Mindy Corporon was in the middle of raising her talented boys when tragedy struck. Mindy’s father and oldest son were murdered by a white supremacist intent on killing Jews. Don’t miss Monday’s Jaws of Justice at 9:00 a.m. CST on 90.1 KKFI to hear Mindy discuss with host […]

BDS is an acronym for The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement which is a Palestinian-led campaign promoting various forms of boycott against Israel. On Jaws of Justice Radio Hour, host Margot Patterson will talk with George Smith, a recently retired MU professor and 2018 Nobel Prize laureate about the new anti-BDS legislation that passed the […]

Jaws of Justice Radio Hour will feature hosts Keith Brown El and Ed Pennington talking with Hedy Harden, the chairperson of Missouri Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE) and Maria Miller, also a CURE member, both from St Louis.   CURE is an all-volunteer non-profit criminal justice advocacy organization.  As a prisoners’ rights organization, […]

Jaws of Justice Radio Hour will have a live interview of Sheryl Ferguson speaking on the recent protests in Kansas City prompted by the death of George Floyd at the hands of the police in Minnesota.  Listeners know this is not Sheryl Ferguson’s first time on Jaws of Justice.  She spoke with us earlier this […]

“A Pandemic Pivot: From Warfare to Human Care” will be the focus of PeaceWork Kansas City’s ninth annual peace witness on Memorial Day, May 25. The tradition has focused public attention on actual and potential deaths from nuclear weapons production—the 65-year toxic legacy of the old Bannister Federal Complex impacting employees and nearby residents, and […]

Host Elisa Breitenbach speaks with Kim Hart, the Director of The National Child Abuse Defense & Resource Center (NCADRC), a non-profit organization of volunteers dedicated to preserving the rights of those falsely accused of child abuse through education. https://falseallegation.org/ Protecting children from harm is an important and noble goal, however the current method used to […]

Three People Working For Justice: Dr Karen Curls, Lora McDonald and Attorney Shawn O’Brien We start tonights show with host Infinity Foster talking with Dr Karen Curls about her efforts to establish the Alvin Brooks institute at Penn Valley Community College. She is building the institute to study crime and its causes as well as […]

Prisoner Testimonials – Panel on Prison Violence This edition of Jaws of Justice Radio features a panel of five formerly incarcerated citizens with a range of 28 years to 4 months behind bars. They will discuss violence in both men’s and women’s institutions. These folks are working through their own difficulties with reintegration but are […]

The Midwest Innocence Project With Exoneree Darryl Burton The inaugural broadcast of Jaws of Justice Radio is hosted by Harriett Khuene and Gabi Otto. They spent the hour with Jay Swearingen Director of the Midwest Innocence Project and Darryl Burton recently exonerated from the Missouri Department of Corrections for a crime he did not commit.

Our Jaws of Justice Radio Hour will have a live interview of Fred Slough by host David Bell.  Fred began his legal career as a criminal defense attorney who wanted to try cases to juries. This experience has proven invaluable to him and his clients. He is highly respected among judges, clients, and attorneys alike. […]

Jaws of Justice Radio Hour will begin with Teresa Wilke talking with Cooper Overstreet, a criminal defense attorney with The Swain Law Office.  Cooper Overstreet is a Democratic candidate for the District Attorney in Douglas County, KS.  He is going to talk with us about mass incarceration, lack of transparency and unfair treatment of minorities […]

Our Jaws of Justice Radio Hour will have a live interview of Curtis Scott Hansen and his attorney, Matt Radefeld, by host Elisa Breitenbach.    Curtis Scott Hansen was a teenager when he was indicted in 1989 of the sexual abuse of his three nephews, aged 8, 9 and 10; children who were subsequently placed in […]

Our Jaws of Justice Radio Hour for April 27 will begin with a live interview of Lauren Bonds by host Craig Lubow.  Lauren is the Legal Director of the ACLU of Kansas.  She will be talking about the lawsuit the Kansas ACLU filed in early April 2020 that asks the Court to compel the State […]

Our Jaws of Justice Radio Hour for April 20 will feature a live interview of Sheryl Ferguson by host Patricia Bartholome. On December 3, 2019, Kansas City police shot and killed 26-year-old Cameron Lamb, a black male, in his own backyard. Sheryl Ferguson knew Cameron Lamb and his family for years. She’s familiar with the […]

Mumia Abu- Jamal – World’s Best-Known Death Row Inmate Our show will air news of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a political activist and journalist. He has been involved with the Black Panther Party and he supported the MOVE Organization in Philadelphia. He covered the 1978 confrontation in which one police officer was killed. Mumia Abu-Jamal was convicted […]

Jaws of Justice programmer Keith Brown El will have a talk with Clifford Miller, an inmate at Western Missouri Correctional Center.  Clifford believes he is innocent of the charges that hold him in prison, and he will speak on his experience with the criminal “justice” system. Jaws of Justice Radio Hour will have a re-play […]

We have vulnerable populations because our social caste system exploits people of color and women of all colors.  Jaws of Justice will feature an interview with two leaders of the More²  Criminal Justice Task Force of Kansas City Kansas – David Grummon, Attorney and Khadijah Hardaway, a community leader. Both are working on all the […]