The Appellate Prosecutor

In Episode 3, Ron Eisenberg describes the impact of appellate prosecutors on educating the courts on the dynamics of sexual assault, intimate partner violence, stalking, and human trafficking through appellate litigation on various legal issues. As a result of this episode, listeners will be better prepared to:-Use appellate litigation to strengthen victim-centered and offender focused prosecution practices.-Protect and defend case outcomes through appellate litigation that counters myths and the routine minimization of sexual violence, domestic violence, stalking, and sex trafficking.-Understand the role of other acts evidence in exposing perpetrators’ purposeful actions in identifying victims, committing crimes, and escaping accountability.  Ron Eisenberg is Chief of Appeals at the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office.  Previously he served as the head of the Law Division in the Philadelphia’s District Attorney’s Office. Ron has appeared at all levels of the state and federal court system. Ron is a member of the Advisory Committee for the Pennsylvania Suggested Standard Criminal Jury Instructions and has been a member of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court criminal rules committee, appellate rules committee, and grand jury task force. He was an adjunct professor at Temple University School of Law, teaching legal writing and research, and is a past president and current board member of the Association of Government Attorneys in Capital Litigation. Ron received his bachelor's degree from Haverford College in 1978 and his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1981.This project was supported by Grant No. 15JOVW-24-GK-03009-MUMU awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.Season 1 sound editing and graphic design by Jacob D. Long. Music by MaxKoMusic.