Scott Fenstermaker and Romeo Salta
Behind the Blindfold
Series about law, its inconsistencies, idiosyncrasies, absurdities as evidences by real clients, real cases, real evidence, real facts, and real law. Two New York lawyers using examples from cases and their own experience to demonstrate law's shortcomings.
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Episodes
American Citizen and Maine Resident Arrested for Trespassing Because He Voted on Election Day 09.08.2025 10:29
American citizen and Maine resident was prosecuted for trespassing because he went to vote in a local town election in February of 2022. Case was prosecuted for 2 and one-half years. He was eventually acquitted by a 12-person jury.
Prosecutorial Infringement on Defendants' Right to Counsel 26.01.2025 46:51
Episode about prosecutorial misuse of the arrest power and the state disciplinary process to deny criminal defendants the right to independent defense counsel.
Behind the Blindfold: Misuse of Prosecutorial Powers of Investigation and Arrest to Intimidate Criminal Defense Attorneys 25.10.2024 22:30
Abuse of prosecutorial powers of arrest and investigation to intimidate criminal defense attorneys. Prosecutorial misconduct. Malicious prosecution. Breakdown in the Rule of Law. Prosecutorial overreach. Harassment of a criminal defense attorney by an elected district attorney in order to silence criticism of the prosecutor's misuse of prosecutorial discretion.
Behind the Blindfold: Government Use of Suspension Power to Interfere with Attorney-Client Relationships at Guantanamo Bay 12.09.2024 28:05
Podcast discussing the government's use, and misuse, of its suspension power to interfere with Guantanamo Bay detainees' rights to independent counsel. Combined with the government's silencing of the detainees by denying them a hearing on who they would like as their attorney, and the government's blocking privileged legal mail subject to the attorney-client privilege, the government's aggressive...
Isolation of Detainees at Guantanamo Bay: Government Obstruction of Attorney-Client Communications 04.09.2024 36:00
Episode discussing how the government interfered with attorney-client communications at Guantanamo Bay in order to select counsel for the detainees. Discussion of Rahim al Nashiri and Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, government attorneys appointed to interfere with their chosen counsel. Inability of Guantanamo Bay detainees to effectively be able to secure independent representation.
Behind the Blindfold: Detainee Isolation at Guantánamo Bay - How, Why and When 27.08.2024 57:21
A description of how the government isolated detainees at Guantánamo Bay in an effort to shield them from independent attorneys. Describes efforts of the government, and attorneys hand-picked by the government, to ensure a narrative amenable to the United States and its allies. Description of the involvement of government and complicit civilian attorneys in ensuring that Guantánamo Bay detainees...
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