In this, the Season 2 Finale, Chris and Alison speak with Dr. Harry Krop.  Dr. Krop is a forensic psychologist who has been involved in over 2000 homicide cases as an expert witness and started the very first sexual abuse treatment center in Florida in 1977.  We talk with Dr. Krop in-depth about two of the most high-profile homicide cases:  Danny Rolling and Aileen Wuornos.  IMDB information about the film "Monster" a film base on the life of Aileen Wuornos. These conversations are not appropriate for children. People with their own traumatic histories should be aware tha ..read more

Chris and Alison sit down to speak with Gordon Bonnyman, co-founder of the Tennessee Justice Center.  Mr. Bonnyman has practiced poverty law for 48 years.  His work has spanned so many areas of the law we could not begin to cover them all - he's litigated nursing home regulations, prison conditions, hospital pricing abuses, confinement of children with disabilities, due process for Medicaid recipients, and many others.  He has lectured and consulted on health law and policy and testified at congressional hearings on health and civil rights.  He discussed his work and the im ..read more

Chris and Alison partnered with Christie Bhageloe and Florida Legal Services to present a webinar.  We edited the audio of that live presentation to bring you this episode.  Our guests are Dr. Christie Monaghan and Tania Schmidt-Alpers.  If you'd like to watch the actual webinar - and see us live in action - you can do so here on the FLS youtube. This episode involves much discussion of domestic violence.  Survivors can contact the statewide domestic violence hotline at (800) 500-1119 and access the legal hotline by selecting option 3. They may also contact the legal hotl ..read more

This is the second episode in which Chris and Alison speak with Dr. James Clark, Professor and Dean of the College of Social Work at Florida State University.  You can review his impressive vita on the FSU COSW website here.  Dean Clark is a forensic social worker and you can learn about the role of mitigation (and social workers), in the book he edited with Edward Monahan:  Tell the Client's Story, Mitigation in Criminal and Death Penalty Cases. These conversations are not appropriate for children.  People with their own traumatic histories should be aware that we discuss ..read more

Chris and Alison speak with James Clark, Professor and Dean of the College of Social Work at Florida State University.  You can review his impressive vita on the FSU COSW website here.  Dean Clark is a forensic social worker and you can learn about the role of mitigation (and social workers), in the book he edited with Edward Monahan:  Tell the Client's Story, Mitigation in Criminal and Death Penalty Cases. Our conversation ran long and was too fascinating to edit down to just one episode.  Accordingly, this is the first of two episodes where we have a conversation with De ..read more

Chris and Alison talk to homicide defense attorney Deb Billard.  We discuss cases, child clients, restorative justice, and religion.  Deb shares how she remains relentlessly positive, her loving relationship with clients, and the role of yoga and meditation in maintaining wellbeing in such a difficult job.  These conversations are not appropriate for children. People with their own traumatic histories should be aware that we discuss violent crimes, exploitation, sexual trauma, child abuse, and incarceration ..read more

Chris and Alison sit down with Jonathan Harriford to discuss his experiences with a loved one who lives with a chronic mental illness and his involvement with the justice system (both civil and criminal).    For a list of the Department of Children and Families resources related to the Baker Act you can visit their website. For information about a patient's rights under the Baker Act you can visit the website of Disability Rights Florida - they have both written and video resources. For information about schizophrenia you can visit  the American Psychiatric Association websi ..read more

In this second episode featuring our guest, Chief Frank Mackesy, Chris and Alison talk about his time at the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.  They discuss his training and how things have changed over the years ..read more

Chris and Alison talk to groundbreaking criminal defense attorney Ann Finnell in this episode.  Ann's work defending Brenton Butler was memorialized in the Oscar-winning documentary, "Murder on a Sunday Morning." She was also part of the defense team representing Casey Anthony.  Ann is an expert in defending people who are charged with 1st degree murder and  are facing the death penalty.   These conversations are not appropriate for children. People with their own traumatic histories should be aware that we discuss violent crimes, exploitation, sexual trauma, child abuse ..read more

Chris and Alison interview Chief Frank Mackesy in our first ever 2-part interview.  We spent a lot of time talking with Chief Mackesy and the conversation was too good to cut down to just one listen - so this episode is the first of two.  In this episode you'll hear our discussion of two high-profile cases in which he was involved.  Chief Mackesy is the Director of Police and Public Safety at the University of North Florida.  Before taking the position at UNF, he retired after 32 years with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office from the position of Undersheriff.  He held ..read more