Rethinking Public Safety, A Conversation with Executive Director of Fair and Just Prosecution, Miriam Krinsky

Discussions With DPI

In the third episode of the Discussions with DPIC podcast’s Rethinking Public Safety series, Miriam Krinsky speaks with DPIC Senior Director of Research and Special Projects Ngozi Ndulue about her expe­ri­ences as a for­mer fed­er­al pros­e­cu­tor and the Executive Director of Fair and Just Prosecution (FJP), a net­work of elect­ed pros­e­cu­tors devot­ed to pro­mot­ing fair­ness, equi­ty, com­pas­sion, and fis­cal respon­si­bil­i­ty in the crim­i­nal legal system. 

Krinsky and Ndulue explore a range of issues dur­ing the pod­cast, includ­ing the injus­tice of the death penal­ty, the pow­er of pros­e­cu­tors to cre­ate change, the evolv­ing rela­tion­ship between pros­e­cu­tors and law enforce­ment, the impor­tance of trans­paren­cy and pub­lic account­abil­i­ty, and myths about pub­lic safe­ty. ​“In my mind,” Krinsky says, ​“elim­i­nat­ing cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment improves public safety.”