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113: A Broken Legal System, A Lack of Health Care, and How the US Keeps Puerto Rico Under its Thumb w/Diego Alcala

113: A Broken Legal System, A Lack of Health Care, and How the US Keeps Puerto Rico Under its Thumb w/Diego Alcala

FromPublic Defenseless


113: A Broken Legal System, A Lack of Health Care, and How the US Keeps Puerto Rico Under its Thumb w/Diego Alcala

FromPublic Defenseless

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Length:
65 minutes
Released:
Apr 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Today, Hunter spoke with Diego Alcala, a criminal defense attorney in Puerto Rico, to better understand the challenges the island faces in the criminal legal system. From years of experience as a criminal defense attorney in Puerto Rico and other parts of the United States, Diego cuts through the complicated legal layers to get at a core issue plaguing Puerto Rico: For more than a century, the island has been subjected to the whims of the United States, and the lack of self-determination, access to health care, and continued imposition of the United States’ will serves as a severe determent to the flourishing of Puerto Ricans.   Guest: Diego Alcala, Criminal Defense Attorney, Puerto Rico   Resources: Follow Diego on Twitter https://twitter.com/DiegoAlcalaPR Connect with Diego on Linked In https://pr.linkedin.com/in/diegoalcala See Diego’s Work on his website www.Abolicinonista.com Learn More About Puerto Rico and the Insular Cases https://www.fivefourpod.com/episodes/united-states-v-vaello-madero/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9wyx_dqzAg https://shows.acast.com/fivefourpod/episodes/the-insular-cases-teaser         Contact Hunter Parnell: Publicdefenseless@gmail.com  Instagram @PublicDefenselessPodcast Twitter                                                                 @PDefenselessPod www.publicdefenseless.com    
Released:
Apr 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Anyone paying attention can tell you that our criminal legal system is perpetuating cruelty and harm, but the complexity of the legal world overwhelms most people simply trying to get through another day. Public Defenseless explores the rot in the justice system and what we can do about it. Join host, Hunter Parnell, as he interviews top defense attorneys and criminal justice stakeholders from across the country as they pull apart the convoluted web of our criminal justice system. Like so many of you, Hunter is not an attorney, simply tired of a news cycle and talking heads that offer no real solutions to the ever-growing list of problems we face. Hunter hopes that with this information, you will share his belief that ordinary people still can make a difference.