MCLE ThisWeek Podcast

Does the Race of the Plaintiff/Defendant/Judge/Etc. Matter?

Episode Summary

We ask, does the race of the plaintiff, the defendant, or the judge matter in a murder case? Prosecutors and defense attorneys discuss in this excerpt from MCLE’s 7/29/2020 program, Racial Bias in Litigation of Murder Cases.

Episode Notes

We ask, does the race of the plaintiff, the defendant, or the judge matter in a murder case? Prosecutors and defense attorneys discuss in this excerpt from MCLE’s 7/29/2020 program, Racial Bias in Litigation of Murder Cases. The full program is available as an on demand webcast or an MP3 here. Get 24/7 instant access to hundreds of related eLectures like this one—and more—with a subscription to the MCLE OnlinePass. Learn more at www.mcle.org/onlinepass.

Speakers:

Nicole L. Allain, Esq., Middlesex District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Woburn

Victoria Kelleher, Esq., Law Office of Victoria Kelleher, Boston

Masai-Maliek King, Esq., Suffolk District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston

Denise M. Regan, Esq., Salem

Nanzella Whitfield, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services, Boston