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Host Bev Livingston Speaks with Jennifer Heinemann, Director of Stewardship and Planned Giving at Operation Breakthrough, which for 50 years has provided a safe, loving and educational environment for children in poverty and empowering their families through advocacy, emergency aid and education. https://operationbreakthrough.org/ https://misdkc.org/   Kansas City artist Alexander Austin memoriali...

On Jaws of Justice, we investigate how to achieve justice in America. The typical police officer carries on average of 30 pounds of gear each day.  From multiple magazines to tasers to handcuffs, police officers are equipped to defend themselves and others in life and death situations. But most interactions between officers and the members of the […]

“I ain’t got no home, I’m just a-roamin’ ’round, Just a wandrin’ worker, I go from town to town. And the police make it hard wherever I may go And I ain’t got no home in this world anymore.                                                                                              Ain’t Got No Home, by Woody Guthrie Jaws of Justice host Terri Wilke will speak […]

Jaws of Justice host Margot Patterson has assembled a live panel for a lively and honest discussion of the question on Kansas City Missouri Police Department funding. Margot will speak with guests Ryan Sorrell of Black Rainbow, Ken Novak, Professor of Criminology at UMKC, and David Bell of WHM, a local criminal defense attorney.  Margot, […]

For our show on July 5th, first, Jaws of Justice’s host Terri Wilke speaks with Jake Butler, Corrections Case Manager at Jefferson City Correctional Center, a Missouri Department of Corrections employee employed with the Puppies4Parole program, and two inmates involved with the program, Taylor Marquez and Jason Barr. They will tell us about Puppies4 Parole, […]

Rap lyrics are turning up as evidence of crime in courtrooms across the country, with increasing regularity.  Jaws of Justice’s host David Bell speaks with Prof. Jack Lerner, UCI Law, about his co-authored legal guide, “Rap on Trial”.  They will discuss how prosecutors are using rap lyrics to obtain convictions, even while research shows that […]

On 6/21/21, Jaws of Justice is bringing listeners a show about the recently identified location for Jackson County to build a new detention center. Host Bev Livingston will speak with Jalen Anderson, Jackson County 1st District-at-large Legislator, about the plans for a new jail. Since 2018, Jackson County Missouri has been studying the detention center […]

Jaws of Justice is bringing listeners a special show during pledge drive.  Host Keith Brown El will speak with Ronnie Amiyn.   Amiyn left prison in 2018 after serving 25 years. Today, he is the Housing Coordinator for the Criminal Justice Ministry’s Release to Rent program.  This program helps formerly incarcerated people with housing and other […]

Kansas City Missouri Mayor Quinton Lucas and eight city council members voted to reallocate about $42 million of the Kansas City Police Department’s budget to a new fund that would emphasize social services such as community engagement and mental health programs. The department’s budget was about $238 million in the last fiscal year. Subsequently, the […]

First, you have a community.  After a crime, the community has a harmed victim.  Evil prospers when good people do nothing.  Not only is there crime, the offenders are not treated humanely. Good people doing something are the guests of Jaws of Justice on 5-31-31.  Host Terri Wilke speaks with four members of Justice Matters, […]

From victims seeking answers to defendants seeking mercy, the church and the courthouse often become interchangeable in our system of justice.  Join us Monday, May 24th, 2021, at 9:00 AM when host David Bell speaks with Kansas City Pastor Darron Edwards about these concepts and how religion is often the fabric bringing victims, defendants and […]

Join us Monday, May 17th, 2021, at 9:00 AM when host Terri Wilke speaks with Cliff Middleton about wrongful convictions.  In light of recent legislative action in Missouri, people trapped in the swirling vortex of our criminal justice system might have increased opportunity to overturn wrongful convictions.  Ken Middleton, Cliff’s father has spent 30 years […]

Join us Monday, May 10th, 2021, at 9:00 AM when host Bev Livingston speaks with Stephanie Charles, MISD member of Art Team & Marketplace Event and Katie Disselhoff, Account Manager at Donor Recruitment and  Biomedical Services at the American Red Cross of Missouri and Arkansas. Bev is a Founder of Mothers of Incarcerated Sons and […]

Join us Monday, May 3rd, 2021, at 9:00 AM when host Margot Patterson will interview Lee Gibson, Founder of Relentless Pursuit Outreach and Recovery (RPOR) and Christine McDonald, Founder of Christine’s Place. RPOR is an organization dedicated to ending sex trafficking and helping victims recover and heal.  Christine’s Place will be a crisis response center […]

Join us Monday, April 26, 2010, at 9:00 AM when host David Bell will interview Kansas City visual artist Harold Smith.  Mr. Smith uses his talents to convey Black history through the arts.  Mr. Smith put it best when he stated, “If a person wants to know what happened. Read a history book.  If they […]

The Tragedy of a wrongful Conviction – Charlie Graham’s Story There is a growing realization that the war on drugs has been a failure among the ranks of law enforcement and the public as well. This edition of JoJR highlights a case that is so outlandish to be almost unbelievable and very much a product […]

For our show on April 12, 2021, host Bev Livingston, Founder of MISD, will speak with Christopher Limber, Artistic Director of Prison Performing Arts (PPA), which, for over two decades has helped prisoners, returning citizens, and justice-involved youth build second acts through engagement with the arts. PPA is a multi-discipline, literacy and performing arts program […]

Kalyn Hove, VP of Comcast Business including the KC area, explains that local and national stats are profound on the impact the pandemic has had on Black, Indigenous and People of Color-owned (BIPOC) businesses and tells the story of how important it is for companies, like Comcast with its resources, to play a role in […]

Hosts Keith Brown El and David Bell speak on the topic of what to do you if you are confronted by the police.  Know your rights.  Protect yourself. We will air our calendar at the middle of the hour. Next, we will replay a 11/16/15 Jaws of Justice show with Keith Brown El and his […]

On March 22nd, host David Bell talks with Judge Laura Denvir Stith who has recently retired from the Supreme Court of Missouri.  After serving 20 years as a member of that Court, including as chief justice from July 2007 through June 2009, Judge Stith calls her service as a judge on the Court “the honor […]

Know Your Enemy:  Margot Patterson Talks with Paul Becker and Art Jipson about Hate Groups Paul Becker, a former Probation Officer, now an Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminology, and Art Jipson, also Associate Professor of Sociology Prof , both at the University of Dayton, are Research Experts on the topic of White Supremacist Organizations. […]

On March 8th, host Terri Wilke speaks with Latahra Smith of KC Freedom Project about accountability.  Latahra’s research shows a remarkable number of wrongfully convicted persons in Missouri.  The idea of accountability is that in order to keep our streets free from crime, we much try and incarcerate the guilty.  We reason this will not […]

Latahra Smith and Shavel Rice Moore, Author of Jail Lies, Tell Us of a Community Giveaway; Bev Livingston Tells of the MISD Art Show On March 1st, host Terri Wilke speaks with Latahra Smith of KC Freedom Project and Shavel Rice Moore of Shavel Moore Ministries.  They are involved with a Community Giveaway on March […]

What if the very thing you seek in life is what you are called to give to others? On February 22nd, host David Bell speaks with Gary Dumas.  Gary Dumas is an author, educator and personal development coach helping men and women find and grow into the absolute best version of themselves. When Gary started […]

On February 15th,  it is KKFI’s Winter Fund Drive!  We hope you are engaged to listen to our weekly Jaws of Justice Hour.  This is your chance to support our efforts by making a pledge of support to KKFI. Host Melvin Merritt with speak with Johnny Waller, Jr. of More².  More² was created in 2004 […]