Episode 288: Recognizing Defendants' Disabilities

Scholars Strategy Network's No Jargon by Dominik Doemer

Nov 18, 202537:04Government & Organizations

The criminal legal system often misunderstands—and mishandles—people with intellectual disabilities. Law professor Katie Kronick explains how and why these individuals so often fall through the cracks in a system built a...

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