500 | Public Defense is Underfunded, but by How Much? Putting a Conservative Number on the Cost of the Right to Counsel w/Ben Polk

Hunter is joined by Ben Polk, Director of the Transformative Justice Project at New York University School of Law, Robert and Helen Bernstein Institute for Human Rights to discuss a recent law review article he authored where he conservatively estimated it would cost $28 billion to fund Public Defense nationwide.     Guest: Ben Polk, Director, Transformative Justice Project and Research Scholar, New York University School of Law,  Robert and Helen Bernstein Institute for Human Rights, Resource: Read the Article Here https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6359060   Ben's Faculty Page https://www.law.nyu.edu/centers/bernstein-institute/team    Contact Hunter Parnell:      [email protected]   Instagram: @PublicDefenselessPodcast Twitter: @PDefenselessPod www.publicdefenseless.com  Subscribe to the Patreon:  www.patreon.com/PublicDefenselessPodcast Donate on PayPal:  https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5KW7WMJWEXTAJ Donate on Stripe:  https://donate.stripe.com/7sI01tb2v3dwaM8cMN   Trying to find a specific part of an episode? Use this link to search transcripts of every episode of the show! https://app.reduct.video/o/eca54fbf9f/p/d543070e6a/share/c34e85194394723d4131/home   **** ALL OPINONS SHARED BY HOST HUNTER PARNELL DO NOT REFLECT THE THOUGHTS OR OPINIONS OF THE AURORA MUNICIPAL PUBLIC DEFENDER****