Justice,USA |

Many people talk about criminal justice reform but very few people actually know what the system is really like. JUSTICE, USA puts the audience in the shoes of indigent criminal defendants and takes them inside this world with unprecedented access. Shot over seven months in Nashville, TN, this six-part series for MAX bears witness to people like Kevin Williams who can’t afford a lawyer, exposing the power that lawyers and judges wield. It shows first-hand what “Right to Counsel” looks like when people can't buy their way out, often relying more on luck of the draw than the delivery of justice.

Read more about Marshall Goldberg and the Justice, USA series here.


On this episode of MorningLine, host Nick Beres is joined by Travis Claybrooks (Founder of the Raphah Institute) Martesha Johnson Moore (the Nashville Metropolitan Chief Public Defender) and Dawn Deaner (former Nashville Metropolitan Chief Public Defender and Founder and Executive Director of the Choosing Justice Initiative) to discuss how our justice system works and where there are issues.