Jaws of Justice Radio

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 actually just a form of informal social con...

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 ask listeners t...

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 Bussey.    From being the son of the first Black deputy sheriff and later fi...

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 general election. Jean Peters Baker has served...

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 of Justice host, Pat Bartholome, will discuss the project  with the Re...

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 of work week hours required of public defenders.  A system of wait...

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 David Bell about how her struggle and path to healing within the criminal just...

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 Missouri house in May.  Missouri’s legislature ai...

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, members of Missouri CURE are particu...

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 year about the killing of her friend, Cameron Lamb, by Kansas City police.  At this time, ou...

“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 the lethal potential of atomic weapons bei...

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 achieve that g...

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 preparing students to enter criminology careers. Then host Alvin Kirs...

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 giving of themselves to make the path easier for those who...

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. He has tried a wide variety of civil matters, including serious personal injury cas...

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 and the poor, issues that have inspired him to run f...

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 to protect Kansas inmates from Covid19 and to act quickly. The ACLU of Kansas filed the class-action lawsuit on...

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 police department, having been given a police certificate of appreciation in...

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 of the murder of a Philadelphia police officer and sent...

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 of our  show with Qadhafi, aka James Shelby, who has been incarcerated in M...

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 systemic issues associated with the Lamonte McIntyre exoneration,...

Secret courts... Freezing courtrooms... Video judges... sounds like the plot to a bad movie set in a third world country. Would it surprise you to know this is happening in the United States of America? In the year 2020? Host David Bell is joined by attorney Rekha Sharma-Crawford and they take a look inside the secret Immigration Tent Courts on the U.S. southern border.  Rekha recently traveled to...

Jaws of Justice programmer Elisa Breitenbach speaks to Major Greg Volker Commander of the Kansas City Police Department Violent Crimes Division, Ann Murphy from Youth RISE and Jennifer Heinemann from Operation Breakthrough.  The show will be a discussion about the murder problem we are facing in Kansas City. As a community we must find ways to do better. http://kcpd.org https://operationbreakthrou...

In 2012, St. Louis voters chose to eliminate the state review board appointed by the Missouri Governor to oversee their police department and moved control of the police directly to the city.  The system used for Kansas City Police Department (KCPD) governance is a Missouri Governor-appointed Board of Police Commissioners, too.  Kansas City is still subject to an appointed review board to control...