Jaws of Justice Radio

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 talking about his arrest and beating by the police that …

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...