Jocelyn Simonson returns to the show to wake us up to the many public interests on both sides (and no sides and all sides) in criminal cases. We discuss whether prosecutors are synonymous with "the People" and how a broader conception of "the People's" interests in criminal adjudication might suggest more robust public participation in the criminal process.

• Jocelyn Simonson’s faculty profile and writing
• Jocelyn Simonson, The Place of "the People" in Criminal Procedure
• Oral Argument 95: Own the Block (guest Jocelyn Simonson)
• Serial Season 3
• Marie Gottschalk, Caught: The Prison State and the Lockdown of American Politics
• Unsigned Note, The Paradox of "Progressive Prosecution"
• Barry Friedman and Maria Ponomarenko, Democratic Policing
• Laura Appleman, Defending the Jury
• Jocelyn Simonson, The Criminal Court Audience in a Post-Trial World
• Alexandra Natapoff, The Penal Pyramid
• Carol Steiker, Tempering or Tampering? Mercy and the Administration of Criminal Justice

Special Guest: Jocelyn Simonson.

Jocelyn Simonson returns to the show to wake us up to the many public interests on both sides (and no sides and all sides) in criminal cases. We discuss whether prosecutors are synonymous with "the People" and how a broader conception of "the People's" interests in criminal adjudication might suggest more robust public participation in the criminal process.

• Jocelyn Simonson’s faculty profile and writing
• Jocelyn Simonson, The Place of "the People" in Criminal Procedure
• Oral Argument 95: Own the Block (guest Jocelyn Simonson)
• Serial Season 3
• Marie Gottschalk, Caught: The Prison State and the Lockdown of American Politics
• Unsigned Note, The Paradox of "Progressive Prosecution"
• Barry Friedman and Maria Ponomarenko, Democratic Policing
• Laura Appleman, Defending the Jury
• Jocelyn Simonson, The Criminal Court Audience in a Post-Trial World
• Alexandra Natapoff, The Penal Pyramid
• Carol Steiker, Tempering or Tampering? Mercy and the Administration of Criminal Justice

Special Guest: Jocelyn Simonson.