Jaws of Justice Radio

First, you have a community.  After a crime, the community has a harmed victim.  Evil prospers when good people do nothing.  Not only is there crime, the offenders are not treated humanely. Good people doing something are the guests of Jaws of Justice on 5-31-31.  Host Terri Wilke speaks with four members of Justice Matters, […]

From victims seeking answers to defendants seeking mercy, the church and the courthouse often become interchangeable in our system of justice.  Join us Monday, May 24th, 2021, at 9:00 AM when host David Bell speaks with Kansas City Pastor Darron Edwards about these concepts and how religion is often the fabric bringing victims, defendants and […]

Join us Monday, May 17th, 2021, at 9:00 AM when host Terri Wilke speaks with Cliff Middleton about wrongful convictions.  In light of recent legislative action in Missouri, people trapped in the swirling vortex of our criminal justice system might have increased opportunity to overturn wrongful convictions.  Ken Middleton, Cliff’s father has spent 30 years […]

Join us Monday, May 10th, 2021, at 9:00 AM when host Bev Livingston speaks with Stephanie Charles, MISD member of Art Team & Marketplace Event and Katie Disselhoff, Account Manager at Donor Recruitment and  Biomedical Services at the American Red Cross of Missouri and Arkansas. Bev is a Founder of Mothers of Incarcerated Sons and […]

Join us Monday, May 3rd, 2021, at 9:00 AM when host Margot Patterson will interview Lee Gibson, Founder of Relentless Pursuit Outreach and Recovery (RPOR) and Christine McDonald, Founder of Christine’s Place. RPOR is an organization dedicated to ending sex trafficking and helping victims recover and heal.  Christine’s Place will be a crisis response center […]

Join us Monday, April 26, 2010, at 9:00 AM when host David Bell will interview Kansas City visual artist Harold Smith.  Mr. Smith uses his talents to convey Black history through the arts.  Mr. Smith put it best when he stated, “If a person wants to know what happened. Read a history book.  If they […]

The Tragedy of a wrongful Conviction – Charlie Graham’s Story There is a growing realization that the war on drugs has been a failure among the ranks of law enforcement and the public as well. This edition of JoJR highlights a case that is so outlandish to be almost unbelievable and very much a product […]

For our show on April 12, 2021, host Bev Livingston, Founder of MISD, will speak with Christopher Limber, Artistic Director of Prison Performing Arts (PPA), which, for over two decades has helped prisoners, returning citizens, and justice-involved youth build second acts through engagement with the arts. PPA is a multi-discipline, literacy and performing arts program […]

Kalyn Hove, VP of Comcast Business including the KC area, explains that local and national stats are profound on the impact the pandemic has had on Black, Indigenous and People of Color-owned (BIPOC) businesses and tells the story of how important it is for companies, like Comcast with its resources, to play a role in […]

Hosts Keith Brown El and David Bell speak on the topic of what to do you if you are confronted by the police.  Know your rights.  Protect yourself. We will air our calendar at the middle of the hour. Next, we will replay a 11/16/15 Jaws of Justice show with Keith Brown El and his […]

On March 22nd, host David Bell talks with Judge Laura Denvir Stith who has recently retired from the Supreme Court of Missouri.  After serving 20 years as a member of that Court, including as chief justice from July 2007 through June 2009, Judge Stith calls her service as a judge on the Court “the honor […]

Know Your Enemy:  Margot Patterson Talks with Paul Becker and Art Jipson about Hate Groups Paul Becker, a former Probation Officer, now an Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminology, and Art Jipson, also Associate Professor of Sociology Prof , both at the University of Dayton, are Research Experts on the topic of White Supremacist Organizations. […]

On March 8th, host Terri Wilke speaks with Latahra Smith of KC Freedom Project about accountability.  Latahra’s research shows a remarkable number of wrongfully convicted persons in Missouri.  The idea of accountability is that in order to keep our streets free from crime, we much try and incarcerate the guilty.  We reason this will not […]

Latahra Smith and Shavel Rice Moore, Author of Jail Lies, Tell Us of a Community Giveaway; Bev Livingston Tells of the MISD Art Show On March 1st, host Terri Wilke speaks with Latahra Smith of KC Freedom Project and Shavel Rice Moore of Shavel Moore Ministries.  They are involved with a Community Giveaway on March […]

What if the very thing you seek in life is what you are called to give to others? On February 22nd, host David Bell speaks with Gary Dumas.  Gary Dumas is an author, educator and personal development coach helping men and women find and grow into the absolute best version of themselves. When Gary started […]

On February 15th,  it is KKFI’s Winter Fund Drive!  We hope you are engaged to listen to our weekly Jaws of Justice Hour.  This is your chance to support our efforts by making a pledge of support to KKFI. Host Melvin Merritt with speak with Johnny Waller, Jr. of More².  More² was created in 2004 […]

Celebrate Black History Month!  In 2000, Al Sharpton addressed the March on Washington about police violence.  He begged us to Redeem the Dream  – Who You Going to Call? Alice Kitchen and Monica Nielsen-Parker, United Way of Greater Kansas City share ideas for safer communities. For our show on February 8th, we air a recording […]

For our show on February 1st, we air our recording of the January 22nd, 2021 event at Mill Creek Park, KCMO to celebrate the effective date of the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.   The Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty is the first legally binding international agreement to comprehensively prohibit nuclear weapons with […]

For our show on January 25th, host David Bell speaks with Criminal Defense Attorney and Civil Rights Litigator, Arthur Benson.  Arthur Benson has a long and successful career advancing racial justice in our courts.  He was active in lawsuits including KCMO school desegregation, shopping while black, and the defense of Joseph Amrine.   Please listen to […]

For our show on January 18, host Bev Livingston speaks with the NEW Executive Director, Mallory Rusch, and Christine Woody, Sr. Policy and Organizing Coordinator, of Empower Missouri (MO).  Empower MO works to secure basic human needs and equal justice for every person in MO   through coalition-building and advocacy so that MO residents all have […]

For our show on January 11, host Teresa Wilke speaks first with Alexandra Clair, author of Illegal Foreclosure, Title Theft, and its Chain of Corruption.  Alex has written this book about how America’s banks are stealing private property and feeding homes to the Securities market.  Her book explains how title theft is a billion-dollar industry.  […]

Today we re-air The Dayroom Club by Patty Prewitt, a play that gives you a look into the day-to-day routine at the Women’s Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Vandalia, MO.  The play also gives us a lesson in the humanity of those that are incarcerated. Although their lives are regulated 24 hours a day, […]

The end of the year traditionally brings our panel of lawyers, Craig Lubow, David Bell and Robin Martinez together to talk about the Supreme Court rulings, new laws, legislative actions and cases that will have a lasting effect on our lives. Tune in and see if you agree with who won and who lost – […]

Jaws of Justice Radio investigates how to achieve justice in America.  On December 21st, host Patricia Bartholome speaks with Garrett S. Griffin.   G.S. Griffin is a political writer, activist, and local author.  He has written a book, Why America Needs Socialism: The Argument from Martin Luther King, Helen Keller, Albert Einstein, and Other Great Thinkers. […]

Jaws of Justice Radio Investigates how to achieve justice in America.  On December 14th, host Keith Brown El speaks with Michael Silas, an inmate at Western Missouri Correctional Center.  Michael Silas has now served over 30 years on a life without possibility of parole sentence. Michael contends he was falsely charged as the shooter in […]