Summary: <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/uncommontary/id1448543001?mt=2">Subscribe via Apple Podcasts</a> • <a href="http://bit.ly/UnPodSpotify">Subscribe via Spotify</a> • <a href="https://play.google.com/music/m/Igzzzy3lor6inlhsfiizafgnzla?t=Uncommontary">Subscribe via Google Play Music</a> • <a href="http://www.uncommontarypodcast.com/feed/podcast/">Subscribe via RSS</a> • <a href="http://bit.ly/UnPodStitcher">Subscribe via Stitcher</a> • <a href="https://overcast.fm/+QIbllp_qY">Subscribe via Overcast</a> • <a href="https://castbox.fm/vc/1931985">Subscribe in Castbox</a> • <a href="http://subscribeonandroid.com/uncommontarypodcast.com/category/podcast/feed/">Subscribe via Android</a> • <a href="https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/rykzr-81bb6/Uncommontary-Podcast">Subscribe via PodBean</a> • Subscribe via iHeart Radio (coming soon) <br> <br> <br> <br> Brooklyn, NY public defender, Scott Hechinger, joins host Marty Duren for a look into the justice system, the trouble with cash bail, and the poor.<br> <br> <br> <br> Scott Hechinger was born and raised in Washington, D.C. and attended Duke University where he received a B.A. magna cum laude in English, but has long called Brooklyn home.As Senior Staff Attorney at Brooklyn Defender Services, Scott has represented thousands of low-income individuals accused of crimes ranging from low-level misdemeanors to the most serious felonies, from arraignment to hearings and trial.Scott is co-founder of the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund, an independent 501(c)(3) charitable bail organization, which pays bail so that low-income individuals can defend their cases from a position of freedom while remaining productive, stable, and united with their families. Scott’s work and commentary has been featured in the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Huffington Post, Take Part, Politico, The Brian Lehrer Show, VICE, and most recently, SXSW Interactive 2016.Scott graduated cum laude from New York University School of Law, where he was named a Florence Allen Scholar, served as Articles Editor for the NYU Journal of Legislation and Public Policy, and was awarded the Ann Petluck Poses Graduation Prize for outstanding clinical work requiring student practice.<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/shop/martyduren">Your purchase of any Season 1 guest’s books at my Amazon Store helps support Uncommontary</a>.<br>
