When her son was sentenced to decades in prison, Jamie found herself in a crash course in the justice system. Packed with tips, tricks and info, this ep is perfect for anyone who finds themselves at a loss on how to help their locked up loved one.

About Jamie...

Jamie Sell…In 2018, Jamie’s son, Austin Burke, was convicted and sentenced to over 50 years in prison. After the initial shock of the conviction, Jamie hit the ground running on a quest to prove Austin’s innocence. During the past 5 years, she has taught herself to navigate the state prison and legal systems. Jamie has organized rallies and events to advocate for not only her son, but criminal justice reform in Ohio as a whole. She grew up in the foster care system and found her forever foster mother when she was 16. As a young adult, Jamie worked as a machinist and computer technician until she settled down in nursing. Early in her career, she worked at a prison infirmary as well as a local jail. After her son was convicted in 2018, Jamie began training in ICU and worked as a travel nurse during Covid to make extra money to support her son’s legal defense efforts.

In 2022, Jamie was elected as a Precinct Central Committeewoman in Mahoning County. She is a certified Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner and currently works as an ER nurse.

Connect with Jamie...

• Jamie's Facebook Page
• Justice 4 Austin T. Burke Website
• Austin's Facebook Support Page

Credits:

Host: Kristine Bunch, Indiana exoneree and Outreach Coordinator for Interrogating Justice and How to Justice

Producer: Tammy Alexander, creator and co-host of the Snow Files Podcast

Announcer: Eric Brenner, actor and voice over artist

How to Justice is a non-profit group that seeks to raise up justice-impacted people. Its goal? Provide easy-to-read answers to your questions about your rights before, during and after prison.

Interrogating Justice is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank. Our team of attorneys, advocates and allies take on some of the biggest legal, social and ethical justice-reform issues today. Our goal is simple: help shed light on the obstacles preventing our justice system from being just.

Donate: We have the largest database of resources for justice impacted people in the United States. Your donation will help us continue to educate justice-impacted individuals about the law and how to protect the rights that they are entitled to under it. It will pay for writers, fact checkers, and Spanish translators as well as outreach efforts. Any amount will help.

Jeff lost his wife, house, law practice, law license and even his freedom when he hit rock bottom after more than a decade of prescription opioid addiction. But his road to recovery led to a path filled with redemption and a future he could never have imagined.

About Jeff...

Jeffrey D. Grant, Esq…After an addiction to prescription opioids and serving almost 14 months in Federal prison (2006 – 07) for a white collar crime he committed in 2001 when he was a lawyer, Jeff Grant started his own reentry. He earned a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, majoring in Social Ethics. After graduating, Jeff was called to serve at an inner city church in Bridgeport, CT as Associate Minister and Director of Prison Ministries. He then co-founded Progressive Prison Ministries, Inc. (Greenwich, CT), the world’s first ministry devoted to serving people prosecuted for white collar crimes and their families. In May 2021, Jeff’s law license was reinstated by the NY Supreme Court. In August 2022, Jeff celebrated 20 years of continuous sobriety.

Connect with Jeff...

• Grant Law Firm: Specializing in white collar crime prosecutions. Email | 212.859.3512
• White Collar Support Group: The world's first support group devoted to those navigating the white-collar criminal justice system. Email
• Life After White Collar Crime - as featured in the New Yorker
• The Criminal Insider Podcast: with Babz Rawls Ivy and Jeff Grant is broadcast live at 9am ET on the first and third Friday of each month.

Credits:

Host: Kristine Bunch, Indiana exoneree and Outreach Coordinator for Interrogating Justice and How to Justice

Producer: Tammy Alexander, creator and co-host of the Snow Files Podcast

Announcer: Eric Brenner, actor and voice over artist

How to Justice is a non-profit group that seeks to raise up justice-impacted people. Its goal? Provide easy-to-read answers to your questions about your rights before, during and after prison.

Interrogating Justice is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank. Our team of attorneys, advocates and allies take on some of the biggest legal, social and ethical justice-reform issues today. Our goal is simple: help shed light on the obstacles preventing our justice system from being just.

Donate: We have the largest database of resources for justice impacted people in the United States. Your donation will help us continue to educate justice-impacted individuals about the law and how to protect the rights that they are entitled to under it. It will pay for writers, fact checkers, and Spanish translators as well as outreach efforts. Any amount...

Pregnant, 22, and labeled a “baby killer,” Kristine was still reeling from the death of her son as she headed to prison to begin her 60-year sentence. In Part 2, Kristine walks us through how she overcame insurmountable odds as she fought for and gained her freedom.

About Kristine...

Kristine Bunch spent more than 17 years behind bars after she was arrested and charged with setting a fire that claimed the life of her three-year-old son, Anthony. Although a defense expert testified that the fire was accidental, two experts for the prosecution testified that an accelerant was used and therefore the fire was arson. Jurors believed the prosecution witnesses and found Kristine, then 22 and pregnant, guilty of murder and arson. She was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of 60 years for murder and 50 years for arson. 17 years later Kristine walked out of prison, and in 2012, the prosecution dropped all charges against her. During her incarceration, Kristine earned degrees in English and Anthropology. Kristine is now the Outreach Coordinator for Interrogating Justice and How to Justice, and the host of the Justice Impacted podcast.

Connect with Kristine...

• Facebook
• Instagram
• Twitter
• Pinterest
• How to Justice
• Interrogating Justice
• Justice Impacted Podcast

About Richard...

Richard McDonald is the Director of Corporate Development for Global Arena, specializing in US based Mergers & Acquisitions. Richard has a background in Human Resources, Corporate Development, and is currently writing his first book Unshackled: Breaking the Chains of Addiction, Abuse, and Anger which is scheduled to be released in April 2023, which is the five year anniversary of Richard’s freedom from the chains of Oxycontin. Richard holds master’s degrees in human resources and finance from Colorado Technical University. Prior to going to prison, Richard was a Human Resources Director for a global manufacturing company. Richard spent over a year and a half in custody of the BOP. Since being released, he has worked as a writer and news liaison at Interrogating Justice and now serves on the Board of Directors for Interrogating Justice and How to Justice. Richard wrote a series of articles entitled “I’ve been in your shoes” (linked below).

Connect with Richard...

• I've Been in Your Shoes Series
• LinkedIn
• Email Richard

Credits:

Host: Kristine Bunch, Indiana exoneree and Outreach Coordinator for Interrogating Justice and How to Justice

Producer: Tammy Alexander, creator and co-host of the

Wrongly convicted of murdering her son, Justice Impacted host, Kristine Bunch, tells the chilling story of her harrowing 17-year fight for freedom. In Part 1, Guest Host Richard McDonald explores events leading up to Kristine’s wrongful conviction.

About Kristine...

Connect with Kristine...

• Facebook
• Instagram
• Twitter
• Pinterest
• How to Justice
• Interrogating Justice
• Justice Impacted Podcast

About Richard...

Connect with Richard...

• I've Been in Your Shoes Series
• LinkedIn
• Email Richard

Credits:

Host: Kristine Bunch, Indiana exoneree and Outreach Coordinator for Interrogating Justice and How to Justice

Producer: Tammy Alexander, creator and co-host of the Snow Files Podcast

Announcer: Eric Brenner, actor and voice over artist

How to Justice is a non-profit group that seeks to raise up justice-impacted people. Its goal? Provide easy-to-read answers to your questions about your rights before, during and after prison.

Interrogating Justice is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank. Our team of attorneys, advocates and allies take on some of the biggest legal, social and ethical justice-reform issues today. Our goal is simple: help shed light on the obstacles preventing our justice system from being just.

Donate: We have the largest database of resources for justice impacted people in the United States. Your donation will help us continue to educate justice-impacted individuals about the law and how to protect the rights that they are entitled to under it. It will pay for writers, fact checkers, and Spanish translators as well as outreach efforts. Any amount will help.

What are holidays like in prison for your loved one? Exoneree Ken Nixon shares his thoughts on what was important to him during the holidays when he was in prison and Tammy Alexander shares what she's done for her loved one, Jamie Snow, incarcerated in Stateville prison in Illinois.

All of us at Interrogating Justice and How to Justice are thinking of our incarcerated loved ones and their families.

Leave a comment to let us know what you do for your incarcerated loved one during the holidays.

Credits:

Host: Kristine Bunch, Indiana exoneree and Outreach Coordinator for Interrogating Justice and How to Justice

Producer: Tammy Alexander, creator and co-host of the Snow Files Podcast

Announcer: Eric Brenner, actor and voice over artist

How to Justice is a non-profit group that seeks to raise up justice-impacted people. Its goal? Provide easy-to-read answers to your questions about your rights before, during and after prison.

Interrogating Justice is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank. Our team of attorneys, advocates and allies take on some of the biggest legal, social and ethical justice-reform issues today. Our goal is simple: help shed light on the obstacles preventing our justice system from being just.

Donate: We have the largest database of resources for justice impacted people in the United States. Your donation will help us continue to educate justice-impacted individuals about the law and how to protect the rights that they are entitled to under it. It will pay for writers, fact checkers, and Spanish translators as well as outreach efforts. Any amount will help.

Official misconduct is the second leading cause of wrongful convictions. But an innovative collaboration between the University of Illinois Police Training Institute (PTI) and the Illinois Innocence Project (IIP) aims to change that with this groundbreaking police cadet training program.  

Join Kristine and special guests Dr. Mike Schlosser, PTI Director, and Dr. Gwen Jordan, former UIS Innocence Project Attorney to learn more about how police training can prevent wrongful convictions.

About Mike...

Mike Schlosser, Ph.D is Director of the Police Training Institute (PTI) at the University of Illinois. He holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Governor’s State University, a Master’s Degree in Legal Studies from the University of Illinois-Springfield, and a Doctorate in Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He retired as a Lieutenant from the Rantoul Illinois Police Department and has worked for PTI since 1998 and has been a full-time instructor since his retirement from policing. Mike is credited for groundbreaking efforts toward police reform through implementation of innovative curricula for improving police practices including courses on policing in diverse communities such as multiracial and LGBTQ, police officer wellness, understanding sexual assault victims, wrongful conviction awareness, de-escalation techniques, and arrest tactics.

Connect with Mike...

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Police Training Institute

About Gwen...

Gwen Jordan, J.D., Ph.D., retired in May 2022 after more than 35 years serving as an attorney and a professor in the fields of Justice and Legal Studies. After beginning her career as a Deputy District Attorney in Colorado and witnessing many injustices within our criminal justice system, Jordan dedicated her career to changing the system. Jordan focused much of her work on wrongful convictions and the Innocence Movement: getting innocent individuals out of prison and exonerated, fighting for policy reforms, and spearheading education initiatives for the general public, lawyers, activists, law enforcement officers, and students. Most recently, Gwen served as Associate Professor and Chair of the Justice and Legal Studies Department at Bay Path University (Longmeadow, Massachusetts), where she taught courses in law and justice, including courses on wrongful convictions, Prior to joining Bay Path University, Gwen served as a staff attorney with the Illinois Innocence Project (IIP).

Credits...

Credits:

Host: Kristine Bunch, Indiana exoneree and Outreach Coordinator for Interrogating Justice and How to Justice

Producer: Tammy Alexander, creator and co-host of the Snow Files Podcast

Announcer: Eric Brenner, actor and voice over artist

How to Justice is a non-profit group that seeks to raise up justice-impacted people. Its goal? Provide easy-to-read answers to your questions about your...

Lawyer, public speaker, journalist, and philanthropist - Jeffrey Deskovic spent 16 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Tune in to learn about Jeffrey’s fight for justice and the Deskovic Foundation, including useful tips about submitting a case to innocence organizations.

About Jeffrey...

Jeffrey Deskovic was wrongfully convicted of the murder and rape of a classmate at the age of 17 and spent half his life in prison for a crime he did not commit. He was exonerated 16 years later based on DNA evidence. After experiencing first hand how broken our criminal justice system is, he emerged determined to prevent what happened to him from happening to others and helping those who have already been wrongfully convicted. To support his efforts, he founded The Deskovic Foundation to exonerate the wrongfully convicted, participates in speaking engagements and media interviews, meets with elected officials, and shares knowledge with law enforcement, judges, prosecutors, and defense attorneys. Jeffrey is an advocate for justice, compassion, and the power of personal perseverance.

Connect with Jeffrey...

• Jeffrey Deskovic Website
• Deskovic Foundation Website
• LinkedIn
• Facebook

Credits:

Host: Kristine Bunch, Indiana exoneree and Outreach Coordinator for Interrogating Justice and How to Justice

Producer: Tammy Alexander, creator and co-host of the Snow Files Podcast

Announcer: Eric Brenner, actor and voice over artist

How to Justice is a non-profit group that seeks to raise up justice-impacted people. Its goal? Provide easy-to-read answers to your questions about your rights before, during and after prison.

Interrogating Justice is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank. Our team of attorneys, advocates and allies take on some of the biggest legal, social and ethical justice-reform issues today. Our goal is simple: help shed light on the obstacles preventing our justice system from being just.

Donate: We have the largest database of resources for justice impacted people in the United States. Your donation will help us continue to educate justice-impacted individuals about the law and how to protect the rights that they are entitled to under it. It will pay for writers, fact checkers, and Spanish translators as well as outreach efforts. Any amount will help.

Two wonderful individuals share about white collar crime, the ramifications and the support needed after release. 

About Fred...

Fred Aaron is the Grant Writer for Interrogating Justice, as well as a contributing writer for Interrogating Justice and How to Justice. Becoming a justice-impacted person wasn’t on Fred’s bucket list, but a series of bad decisions and errors in judgment led him to a 14-month bid at FCI Otisville. Prior to that, Fred had practiced law in New York State for over 25 years, including conducting a number of federal and state trials, and assisting nonprofits obtain IRS certification. Fred’s experience with the criminal justice system has given him insights into the need for reform and better opportunities for justice-impacted people. While at Otisville, he completed half of his course work for an MBA in Leadership from Adams State University, which he completed upon release. He holds a Juris Doctor from NYU Law School where he served as the Executive Editor of the NYU Review of Law & Social Change and a BA with Honors in Politics from Brandeis University.

Connect with Fred...

• Twitter
• LinkedIn
• Facebook
• Instagram

About Richard...

Richard McDonald is the Director of Corporate Development for Global Arena, specializing in US based Mergers & Acquisitions. Richard has a background in Human Resources, Corporate Development, and is currently writing his first book Unshackled: Breaking the Chains of Addiction, Abuse, and Anger which is scheduled to be released in April 2023, which is the five year anniversary of Richard’s freedom from the chains of Oxycontin. Richard holds master’s degrees in human resources and finance from Colorado Technical University. Prior to going to prison, Richard was a Human Resources Director for a global manufacturing company. Richard spent over a year and a half in custody of the BOP. Since being released, he has worked as a writer and news liaison at Interrogating Justice and now serves on the Board of Directors for Interrogating Justice and How to Justice. Richard wrote a series of articles entitled “I’ve been in your shoes” (linked below).

Connect with Richard...

• I've Been in Your Shoes Series
• LinkedIn
• Email Richard

Credits:

Host: Kristine Bunch, Indiana exoneree and Outreach Coordinator for Interrogating Justice and How to Justice

Producer: Tammy Alexander, creator and co-host of the Snow Files Podcast

Announcer: Eric Brenner, actor and voice over artist

How to Justice is a non-profit group that seeks to raise up justice-impacted people. Its...