{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fced5ffe2-cf32-4c67-89e3-d788fe990ceb","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"EPISODE 010 | Independence Day\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/ced5ffe2-cf32-4c67-89e3-d788fe990ceb\"></iframe>","title":"EPISODE 010 | Independence Day","description":"<p>Hey y'all fascinating conversation -- part 1 of 2 -- with Angelique Tomeo and Sabrina Ryan-Helton of the Bail Project about how maybe America isn't really the land of the free after all, what with the absurd amounts of pre-trial detention going on all throughout America (and certainly in Spokane) and how, just maybe, we should totally dismantle and abolish such a horribly inhumane system all together.</p>\n\n<p>As a supplement to this episode make sure to check out my essay on what happened to crime rates when Spokane let a bunch of people out of jail due to COVID. Really gives some extra urgency to the work.\u00a0</p>\n\n<p>Photo illustration by <a href='https://www.instagram.com/connorbacon/?hl=en'>Connor Bacon</a></p>\n\n<p>SUPPLEMENTS</p>\n\n<ul><li><a href='https://range.substack.com/p/spokane-let-people-out-of-jail-crime'>Spokane let people out of jail; Crime went down.</a></li>\n\n<li>The story of a 72-year-old man who was<a href='https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/oct/11/72-year-old-man-takes-plea-deal-after-33-months-aw/?fbclid=IwAR0yp_G2V44KTGm1UmWMovxqOv7zBO2ZOqm_UKjUxCijhfSD9_qOWIDW5fw'> locked up for 33-months pre-trial</a>.\u00a0</li>\n\n<li>The <a href='https://bailproject.org/'>Bail Project website</a></li>\n\n<li><a href='https://www.npr.org/2014/10/20/356964925/one-lawyers-fight-for-young-blacks-and-just-mercy'>Bryan Stevenson's 2014 interview</a> on Fresh Air about how \"we have a criminal justice system that treats you better if you're rich and guilty than if you're poor and innocent.\"</li>\n\n</ul>\n<p>GOOFS</p>\n\n<ul><li>Why yes, that is a mash-up of a climactic scene from 1996 blockbuster Independence Day and the Spokane County Jail.</li>\n\n<li>With this <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP3MuUTmXNk'>one sound effect</a> you too can make stupid Law & Order spoofs.</li>\n\n</ul>\n<p>\u00a0</p>\n","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/c02a5a00-bf3d-4ea9-895e-86e201d179c8/episode-010-small-independence-day-1-6lbj3.png"}