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Jaws of Justice Radio

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It is the intention of Jaws of Justice Radio to investigate how to achieve justice in America, this includes issues of economic injustice, political injustice and the criminal justice system. We want to put a human face on those caught in the grasp of injustice and those that are part of an unjust system. We strive to dispel the misconceptions created by the news and entertainment industry, politicians and our educational system.

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MO Legislative Update With Representative Brandon Ellington and Medical Cannabis Refugee Abbey Rowe 13.04.2014 55:15

Legislative Update The Missouri Legislative session has about 5 weeks to go and the debates and haggling are in full swing. There are lobbyist and advocacy groups buttonholing legislators all over the Capitol and of course school children from various …

Byron Case – Another Wrongful Conviction? and The Fully Informed Jury Association ReDux 04.04.2014 54:25

Byron Case – The Campaign To Restor An Innocent Man’s Life On today’s show Host Melvin Merritt examines the case of Byron Case whose conviction rests solely on the testimony of a jilted girlfriend. There is no evidence that ties …

Dean Becker of the Drug Truth Network – A Call In Show 27.03.2014 58:16

Dean Becker of the Drug Truth Network If you are a regular listener to Jaws of Justice Radio AND you listen all the way to the end you will hear the 420 Drug War News. This edition features Dean Becker …

Hope Faith Ministries, Care Of Poor People and KCPD LGBT Laison 25.03.2014 58:21

Hope Faith Ministries On this edition of Jaws of Justice Radio new host Erik Faulkner is joined by Melvin Merritt to talk to Carla Brewer, Client Services Director for Hope Faith Ministries. Carla tells us about the services HFM provides …

Health Care Horror Stories In Prison – Family Members Speak Out, A Call In Show 13.03.2014 59:33

Should a sentence to prison mean your forfeit your right to healthcare? Do we have a responsibility to treat not just mental illness or addiction of our incarcerated? More importantly as the prison population ages what is our responsibility towards …

MO CURE With Keith Brown El, Filmaker Greg Williams and More 09.03.2014 59:44

Keith Brown El – What Doesn’t Kill You…… Last September, Jaws of Justice Radio volunteer, Keith Brown El was asked to speak at the Missouri CURE state convention. Keith arrived at the gates of the Missouri Penitentiary with a 15 …

Puppies On Parole and Brokering Isreali-Palestinian Peace 28.02.2014 58:24

Puppies On Parole with George Lombardi Host Jessica Thomas talks with George Lombardi, Director of the Department of Corrections for Missouri about the Puppies On Parole program he has instituted across the correctional institutions in Missouri. This program has been …

Dr. Christi Griffin of The Ethics Project in St. Louis and Lawrence Ghana Hays Death Penalty Abolitionist 23.02.2014 55:22

Dr. Christi Griffin “From the time of the Emancipation Proclamation… incarcerations are about one singular goal, increasing the wealth of the wealthy. Until the narrative is changed and the truth becomes the conversation, everyone is simply spinning wheels” – Dr. …

Legislative Preview with Representative Brandon Ellington and Living At The City Union Mission – Personal Accounts 14.02.2014 57:33

MO State Representative Brandon Ellington 22nd District Representative Brandon Ellington comes in to tell us about the 2014 Legislative session, the bills he is sponsoring and supporting as well what you can do to get involved with the legislative process. …

The Militarization Of Local Police And The Wyandot Center Crisis Clinic 09.02.2014 55:15

THE MILITARIZATION OF LOCAL POLICE FORCES In the first half of our show Attorney Robin Martinez hosts a discussion with KC-area criminal defense attorney and former Wyandotte County prosecutor Brian Leininger about the militarization of our police forces and the …

Faces and Voices – Recovery From Addiction with Gloria Nepote and KKFI Pledge Drive 31.01.2014 36:26

NOTE: SO AS TO BRING YOU ALL OF DEMOCRACY NOW, JAWS OF JUSTICE RADIO WILL START AT ABOUT 9:20 AM. Gloria Nepote, CCDP, LAC, BRI II is the Clinical Liaison at Keystone Treatment Center and is well known in the …

JoJR Talks COINTELPRO With Lewis Diuguid and Eapan Thampy Updates On Cannabis, Colorado, Washington and Missouri 28.01.2014 59:10

COINTELPRO With Lewis Diuguid Wikipiedia describes – COINTELPRO (an acronym for COunter INTELligence PROgram) was a series of covert, and at times illegal, projects conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at surveying, infiltrating, discrediting, and …

By Any Means Necessary: Execution Missouri Style and Restorative Justice In Our Community And Our Schools 17.01.2014 58:49

By Any Means Necessary: Execution Missouri Style St Louis Public Radio and the Beacon recently released a report that the combining pharmacy that is supplying the drugs for executions in Missouri does not have a license to sell drugs here. …

Bessie House and Faces and Voices of Recovery 10.01.2014 58:22

This edition of Jaws of Justice Radio introduces two new volunteers Cassandra Mitchell and Liz Henry. Cassandra and Liz are active in the alcohol and drug recovery community and want to help get information out and get the voice of …

Leave All Hope Behind: What Happens When the Jury Says Guilty? 03.01.2014 58:13

We start the New Year out with a rebroadcast of a show we did exactly 3 years ago on January 6, 2011. Attorney David Bell wanted to know what happened to his clients that were convicted. Co-host Macy Jones got …

Year End Legal Review With a Panel of Local Lawyers and Your Calls 29.12.2013 58:55

There has been a great deal that has happened this year from Government Spying to resumption of Executions in MO to Court decisions on transfer of students out of unaccredited districts. Tune in to our Hosts Robin Martinez and David …

Year End Legal Review With a Panel of Local Lawyers and Your Calls 29.12.2013 58:55

There has been a great deal that has happened this year from Government Spying to resumption of Executions in MO to Court decisions on transfer of students out of unaccredited […] The post Year End Legal Review With a Panel of Local Lawyers and Your Calls appeared first on KKFI .

Three Safe Havens For Women and Children In Distress and MOCSA – The Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault 21.12.2013 1:00:14

Photo – www.dosomething.org Three Safe Havens For Women and Children In Distress This season is not one of joy and peace for everyone. On this edition of Jaws of Justice radio host Lee Moore talks with representatives of three shelters …

Three Safe Havens For Women and Children In Distress and MOCSA – The Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault 21.12.2013 1:00:14

Photo – www.dosomething.org Three Safe Havens For Women and Children In Distress This season is not one of joy and peace for everyone. On this edition of Jaws of Justice […] The post Three Safe Havens For Women and Children In Distress and MOCSA – The Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault appeared first on KKFI .

Alcohol Part III – A Pschiatrist's Look at Alcohol Use And Abuse and A Personal Story of Alcohol Addiction and Rehabilitation 16.12.2013 53:54

This past Summer Jaws of Justice aired two programs dealing with the effects of alcohol on individuals and our community. Host Keith Brown El returns with Dr Subbu Sarma with 10 years of experience and practices in Psychiatry and Psychosomatic …

Alcohol Part III – A Pschiatrist's Look at Alcohol Use And Abuse and A Personal Story of Alcohol Addiction and Rehabilitation 16.12.2013 53:54

This past Summer Jaws of Justice aired two programs dealing with the effects of alcohol on individuals and our community. Host Keith Brown El returns with Dr Subbu Sarma with […] The post Alcohol Part III – A Pschiatrist's Look at Alcohol Use And Abuse and A Personal Story of Alcohol Addiction and Rehabilitation appeared first on KKFI .

The Sentencing Project Works For Fairness and Christmas In Prison Reprise 08.12.2013 59:44

The Sentencing Project Host Margot Patterson talks with Marc Mauer, Executive Director of The Sentencing Project and author of Race to Incarcerate, a groundbreaking book on how sentencing policies led to the explosive expansion of the U.S. prison population. A …

The Sentencing Project Works For Fairness and Christmas In Prison Reprise 08.12.2013 59:44

The Sentencing Project Host Margot Patterson talks with Marc Mauer, Executive Director of The Sentencing Project and author of Race to Incarcerate, a groundbreaking book on how sentencing policies led […] The post The Sentencing Project Works For Fairness and Christmas In Prison Reprise appeared first on KKFI .

Survival 2013 – Richard Tripp Of COPP and Harvesters With Ellen Feldhausen 25.11.2013 56:49

Survival 2013 – Richard Tripp Of COPP and Harvesters With Ellen Feldhausen Host Keith Brown El talks with Richard Tripp about Care of Poor People’s Survival 2013 event on Saturday November 30th. COPP has been hosting this event on the …

Survival 2013 – Richard Tripp Of COPP and Harvesters With Ellen Feldhausen 25.11.2013 56:49

Survival 2013 – Richard Tripp Of COPP and Harvesters With Ellen Feldhausen Host Keith Brown El talks with Richard Tripp about Care of Poor People's Survival 2013 event on Saturday […] The post Survival 2013 – Richard Tripp Of COPP and Harvesters With Ellen Feldhausen appeared first on KKFI .