Jaws of Justice Radio

State Representative Brandon Ellington comes on air to talk about the 2013 Missouri Legislative session and what we might expect.  Brandon’s interest run from the criminal justice system, taking care […] The post Representative Brandon Ellington On The Upcoming MO Legislature and A Community Forum On Violence appeared first on KKFI .

Peter Hoffman of the National Lawyers Guild interviews filmmaker Kevin Bryce about his new film, "We are Superman." The documentary takes an in-depth look at what it takes to transform a community that has suffered from disinvestment for 50 years. Troost Avenue has historically been a racial and economic dividing line in Kansas City, but there is a movement to erase that divide. On 31st and Troost...

Host Jessica Thomas talks with local author, Richard Lawrence Miller about his book  Drug Warriors and Their Prey: From Police Power to Police State and his involvement with the film it inspired.  His book starts with the premise that the war on drugs is a war on ordinary people and explains how law enforcement and the courts have destroyed the guilty and innocent alike.  He also shows how anti de...

Jeff Humfeld talks with KCMO School Board President Airick Leonard West about a new report that shows some significant advances by the school district.  Tune in and find out about what is happening now and the plans for the future of the district. Listen in to this conversation with Mr West about the district, his connection to the students and what needs to be done next to bring the district up t...

Want to know what Zombie Debt is?  If your credit card is stolen is it really true you won't have to pay for those fraudulent charges?  Who is behind these collection agencies? Attorney Robin Martinez of the local chapter of the National Lawyers Guild  talks with Attorney Dale Irwin about Zombie Debt, Robo Signing and more.  Find out how you can be trapped in a cycle of debt through no fault of yo...

Is Christmas celebrated in prison?  How can one connect with family while behind bars?  Or is all hope and faith lost when the doors clang shut behind you?  This is not your It's A Wonderful Life kind of Christmas story Host Margo Patterson talks with Deon Hare and Macy Jones about Christmas in the Penitentiary.  They give you an idea what it is like to celebrate(?) Christmas while in prison.  Doe...

This weeks host Melvin Merritt talks with Bridgette Williamson-Mack about her books and her work teaching parents, child care providers and teachers how to help prevent abuse of children.  They will explore how to identify abusers as well as children who have been abused.  Tune in for this very important information. Mrs. Williamson- Mack’s is holds a master’s degree in counseling and is a license...

This week host Keith Brown El talks with Pastor Robert Lee Hill of Community Christian Church and Pastor Rodney Williams of  Swope Parkway United Christian Church.  Pastor Hill and Wiiliams  will tell us as about the 2X2 program of mentoring youth that MORE2 is starting.  This program will go beyond tutoring these kids in their studies, teaching them using personal example and friendship how to be...

Margot Patterson talks with John T Lash about his experience of being sentenced to Life at the age of 18, learning to be an adult in prison and his path to reformation.  John gives his take on why we shouldn't be throwing juvenile's lives away in prison. Can we really tell by the commission of a heinous crime that a juvenile is incapable of becoming a good person and responsible adult?  Is prison...

Host Robin Martinez talks with Mark Andruss about his recent experience on jury duty in Jackson County.  Mark gives his observations on the selection and deliberation processes.  Also joining in will be local Defense Attorney Eric Vernon to talk about the jury selection process from the view of the prosecution and defense. Mark will talk about how the low rate of pay for jurors and the number of p...

With this show JoJR is starting a series about the trials, tribulations and victories of one man's reentry to society from prison.  Lee Moore will be talking with a brother he was separated from when Lee was adopted out at 1 year old.  Ralph Duane Hooker was recently released from prison in Oklahoma for some robberies he did.  JoJR will be following his reintegration back into society with follow...

Melvin Merritt talks with Brad Lambert of Connections to Success about their programs to assist the poor and those returning from prison succeed in today's society.  We will also be talking with Joe Sevart of I-70 Auto Service about a past Connections to Success program that illustrates how small businesses can help those in need. Connections to Success's mission is to inspire individuals to reali...

Jessica Thomas talks with Dr David Allen, cardiac surgeon, about being set up as a drug dealer by authorities in Mississippi after he moved to California to start a medical marijuana evaluation clinic.  Dr Allen also tells why and how marijuana is so effective as a pain killer and curative agent for many ailments. Working on an tip that he was growing marijuana in the basement of his Pascagoula, M...

Tune in as Peter Hoffman talks with Jim Lafferty of the National Lawyers Guild ahead of his visit to KC.  Peter will ask Jim about building social movements in the face of governmental, law enforcement and legal oppression.  Get some tips from an activist of 50 years plus about organizing, free speech and civil disobedience. Jim Lafferty has been a movement lawyer, political organizer, and legal w...

It is KKFI's On-Air Pledge Drive, show your support for 90.1 and Jaws of Justice Radio. Call in your pledge to 888-931-0901 or on the website at www.kkfi.org and don't forget to listen in and find out how you can help many of the poor and homeless of Kansas City get what they need to survive the coming winter. Keith Brown El will be talking with Richard Tripp founder of COPP INC about the upcoming...

Tune in as Melvin Merritt talks with Ron McAndrew about his journey from presiding over executions to speaking out against the death penalty. Ron grew up in rural Gaston County, NC. After serving in the USAF four years, he was discharged in France in 1960. Ron then lived and worked for a private firm in France and SE Asia, returning to the USA in 1978. Arriving in Florida that year Ron began his c...

Reggie Clemons is an African-American man sentenced to death in Missouri after an unfair trial biased in favor of execution.  Jaws of Justice Radio host Sista G will introduce Reggie […] The post The Troubling Case of Reggie Clemmons appeared first on KKFI .

Host Margot Patterson talks with Sean O'Brien of the Midwest Innocence Project and professor at the UMKC Law School. The Midwest Innocence Project is dedicated to the investigation, litigation and exoneration of wrongfully convicted men and women in our six-state region.  Recent independent studies conservatively estimate that between 2% and 5% of all inmates in America were falsely convicted, wit...