Sep 28, 2021
In this episode, we get garrulous
with Samuel Weiss, the founder and Executive Director of Rights
Behind Bars, an organization that uses strategic litigation to
protect and advance prisoners’ rights. We tackle the hot-button
issue of “qualified immunity”—a controversial legal doctrine that
often protects prison guards and police officers from liability for
constitutional violations—and talk with Sam about the path to
victory in Taylor v. Riojas, one of the very few
cases in which a prisoner prevailed on that issue in the Supreme
Court. Then, we’ll chat with Sam about getting back to his
roots in creative writing, and his plans to finish his great
unfinished novel.
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