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Video:

Video 1: How Juries Are Fooled by Statistics
https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_donnelly_shows_how_stats_fool_juries
Description: Oxford mathematician Peter Donnelly reveals the common mistakes humans make in interpreting statistics--and the devastating impact these errors can have on the outcome of criminal trials.

Video 2: Bail Fund Aims to Disrupt “a Two-Tier System of Justice”
https://www.pbs.org/video/bail-fund-aims-to-disrupt-a-two-tier-system-of-justice-1536879787/
Description: There’s a cascade of dire problems that can occur even if you’re only in jail for 1 day, says attorney Robin Steinberg. The CEO of The Bail Project--a national organization that pays bail for tens of thousands of low-income Americans at risk of pretrial detention--gives her brief but spectacular take on disrupting the money bail system and turning the tide on U.S. mass incarceration.

Audio:

Audio 1: California’s Bail Overhaul May Do More Harm Than Good, Reformers Say
https://www.npr.org/2018/10/02/651959950/californias-bail-overhaul-may-do-more-harm-than-good-reformers-say
Description: Criminal justice reformers have long called the U.S. courts system’s reliance on money bail unjust: The wealthy, they argue, can simply buy their pretrial freedom, while the poor are stuck behind bars or get pressured into taking a plea deal.

Audio 2: “El Chapo” Jury Selection: The Challenges of Jurors’ Safety
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/11/06/el-chapo-trial-jury-selection-safety
Description: A judge is keeping the jury anonymous to protect its members from intimidation.

Web:

Web 1: Pretrial Detention
http://www.ncsl.org/research/civil-and-criminal-justice/pretrial-detention.aspx
Description: Pretrial detention is limited to only those charged with the most serious crimes and other specified circumstances such as violating conditions of, or committing a new crime while on pretrial release.

Web 2: Criminal Cases
https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/types-cases/criminal-cases
Description: Only the government initiates a criminal case, usually through the U.S. attorney’s office, in coordination with a law enforcement agency.