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S3E9 'Unwilling Student of a Broken Legal System:' Amanda McKnight on Building 406 Revolutionized
In this episode of Unpacking Injustice, we're joined by Amanda McKnight, founder of 406 Revolutionized, a growing Facebook group supporting incarcerated individuals and their families across…
S3E8 Changing Outcomes: Empower 180’s Rosebud Madinger on Reentry for Native Women in Montana
In this episode of Unpacking Injustice, Rosebud Madinger shares the story behind Empower 180 and her work supporting Native women preparing to return home from the Montana Women’s Prison.Inspired by…
S3E7 A Second Chance at Justice for Aaron Oliphant: MTIP Legal Team Breaks Down New Evidence
In this episode of Unpacking Injustice, Montana Innocence Project Legal Director Brady Minow Smith and Intake & Pro Bono Coordinator Charlie McWeeny discuss a major new development in the Aaron…
S3E6 Part 2: Sing Sing’s Brent Buell on Reentry, Transformation, and Believing in People
In part two of this conversation, we continue our discussion with Brent Buell, theater producer, director, and longtime facilitator with Rehabilitation Through the Arts at Sing Sing prison.This…
S3E5 Sing Sing’s Brent Buell on Reentry, Transformation, and Believing in People
In this two-part episode of Unpacking Injustice, we sit down with Brent Buell, a theater producer and director who spent over a decade teaching inside Sing Sing prison through Rehabilitation Through…
S3E4 Community Discussion: What’s Prison For? with Bill Keller
In this episode, we share a recording from our book club discussion of What’s Prison For? Punishment and Rehabilitation in the Age of Mass Incarceration by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Bill…
S3E3 Montana’s Mass Incarceration of Indigenous Women: Historical Trauma, Colonization, & Culturally Relevant Healing
Montana incarcerates women at one of the highest rates in the world — and Indigenous women are disproportionately represented, making up more than 40 percent of the population at Montana’s women’s…
S3E2 Bernard Pease Jr.’s Story at a Turning Point: Examining Faulty Forensics & Finding Hope Ahead
In this episode of Unpacking Injustice, we revisit the case of Bernard Pease Jr., wrongfully convicted of a 1984 murder based on faulty forensic evidence. Two years after a pivotal evidentiary…
S3E1 The Future of MTIP: A Deep Dive Into Our New Strategic Plan
In this Giving Tuesday special episode of Unpacking Injustice, MTIP Executive Director Amy Sings In The Timber and Legal Director Brady Minow Smith walk through the Montana Innocence Project’s newly…
S2E15 Irreversible: The Legal, Moral, and Human Costs of the Death Penalty
What does justice look like when we execute someone, knowing the system is fallible?In this episode, Montana Innocence Project Executive Director Amy Sings In The Timber and Legal Director Brady…
S2E14 Wrongful Conviction Day: Calvin Duncan & MTIP Leaders Discuss Barriers to Release & Manifest Injustices
In recognition of the 12th Annual International Wrongful Conviction Day, the Montana Innocence Project was honored to be joined by author, lawyer, and exoneree Calvin Duncan. Alongside MTIP Executive…
S2E13 Shaping Justice: Ali Lacayo on Culture, Resilience, and Reform
In this episode of Unpacking Injustice, we sit down with Ali Lacayo, Social Services Advocate at the Montana Innocence Project. Ali shares their journey from incarceration to advocacy, reflecting on…
S2E12 Katie Garding’s Backpacking Adventure: Finding Presence in Nature
In this episode of Unpacking Injustice, Montana Innocence Project client Katie Garding shares her experience on a three-day women’s backpacking retreat at Doris Lake near Whitefish, Montana. While…
S2E11 Podcast: Hear from MTIP Legal Director on How to Apply for our Legal Services
Our mission is to free the innocent and unjustly incarcerated, and advocate for systems of Justice that are accurate, accountable, and fair for all. One of the main ways we achieve this is through…
S2E10 Podcast: Exploring the History, Controversies, and Misconceptions Surrounding the Diagnosis of Shaken Baby Syndrome with Katherine Judson (Part 2)
In Part 2 of this series, we continue our conversation with Katherine Judson, the Executive Director of the Center for Integrity in Forensic Sciences. In this episode we will explore how similar…
S2E9 Podcast: Exploring the History, Controversies, and Misconceptions Surrounding the Diagnosis of Shaken Baby Syndrome with Katherine Judson (Part 1)
In today’s episode you will hear from Katherine Judson, the Executive Director of the Center for Integrity in Forensic Sciences. Katherine previously served as the SBS/AHT Litigation Coordinator for…
S2E8 Podcast: MTIP Board Member Paul Leisher Explains the Highly Controversial Diagnosis of Shaken Baby Syndrome and MTIP Client Aaron Oliphant’s Case (Part 2)
In Part 2 of this series, we continue our conversation with MTIP Board Member and criminal defense attorney Paul Leisher to delve deeper into the details of Aaron Oliphant’s case, examining how his…
S2E7 MTIP Board Member Paul Leisher Explains the Highly Controversial Diagnosis of Shaken Baby Syndrome and MTIP Client Aaron Oliphant’s Case (Part 1)
MTIP Board Member and criminal defense attorney Paul Leisher sat down with MTIP Communications Associate Ashley Miller to explain the highly controversial diagnosis of Shaken Baby Syndrome, the role…
S2E6 Podcast: MTIP Executive Director Unpacks 2025 Legislative Session
During the 2025 Legislative Session the Montana Innocence Project fought for legislation to restore and improve a compensation program for exonerees, establish state coordinated reentry services,…
S2E5 Dr. John Morgan explains how forensic science errors perpetuate wrongful convictions
MTIP Communications Associate Ashley Miller spoke with Dr. John Morgan, an author, researcher, and professor, internationally recognized for his work in forensic science. Dr. Morgan discussed his…
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Unpacking Injustice has published 46 episodes since December 2022, covering topics in Documentary, Society & Culture.
Unpacking Injustice is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 24m.
