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Hosted by Fully Informed Jury Association (FIJA) · government · EN · 13 episodes
Go behind closed doors of the American criminal legal system to explore its inner workings with the Fully Informed Jury Association. We will focus on the American jury system, how it interacts with and is affected by other parts of the criminal legal system, and how our critical right to trial by jury has been driven to the brink of extinction.
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Behind Closed Doors is hosted by Fully Informed Jury Association (FIJA). The show has published 13 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Lyn Ulbricht on Cruel Punishment in the Prison Industrial Complex" (14 July 2026, 50 minutes), "Right-wing Critics of Juries and Conscientious Acquittal" (3 June 2026, 57 minutes), and "Clay Conrad's Evolution of a Doctrine" (27 January 2026, 54 minutes).
Behind Closed Doors publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 47 minutes across 13 episodes.
Booking probability for Behind Closed Doors is 37%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Behind Closed Doors requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Behind Closed Doors's contact route on record: verified email.
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Fully Informed Jury Association (FIJA) hosts Behind Closed Doors, a government show with 13 episodes published.
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Episode #13
We talk with Lyn Ulbricht of Mothers Against Cruel Sentencing about her experiences and the realities of sentencing and the prison industrial complex that many jurors are deliberately left ignorant of...
Episode #13
<p>We talk with Clark Neily of Cato about increasing hostility to juries and "nullification" among right-wing pundits, and how such scaremongering fails both constitutionally and ethically.</p>
Episode #12
<p>We talk with Clay Conrad, author of the most comprehensive book on Jury Nullification and former member of FIJA's board, to discuss the history of Jury Nullification and its relevance in the current explosion of...
Episode #10
<p>In the last week, the justice secretary of the UK labor government, David Lammy, proposed a major change to the UK justice system, removing the right to trial by jury in almost all cases. Just before this occured...
Episode #9
<p>In the last week, leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance, who did so much to keep the memory of the Tiananmen Square Massacre alive in Hong Kong including running the June 4th Museum and organizing annual vigils in...
Episode #8
<p>We talk with juror rights educator Keith Wood about his recent victory in the Michigan Supreme Court, which overturned his false "jury tampering" conviction for sharing FIJA brochures outside the Mecosta County...
Episode #7
<p>We recorded this interview back in September of 2019. The world was then witnessing massive, historic protests in Hong Kong against an extradition bill that would have made it far easier for China to take accused...
Episode #6
<p>2020 marks the 100 years after the 18th Amendment went into effect implementing alcohol prohibition nationwide. It survived less than 14 years before it was repealed.<br /> <br /> In the meantime, jurors were hard at...
Episode #5
<p>Our guest is Catherine Bernard, criminal defense attorney and founder of Spartacus Legal. Catherine gives us a glimpse into how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting our right to trial by jury.</p> <p>Resources:</p>...
Episode #4
<p>We have our first guest in this episode—Will Snowden, founder of The Juror Project in New Orleans. Will discusses why he founded The Juror Project and what it does, the importance of all kinds of jury diversity to...
Episode #3
<p>We dive right into the podcast by focusing on the heart of FIJA's mission: ensuring that everyone is fully informed of their right, when serving on a jury, to judge the law as well as the facts. In this nearly...
Episode #2
<p>A short episode introducing the Behind Closed Doors podcast, jury nullification and other topics that will be covered, the Fully Informed Jury Association, and your hosts Kirsten Tynan and Robert Anthony Peters.<br...
Episode #1
<p>A brief trailer for Behind Closed Doors, a show focusing on how the American jury system is supposed to function, how it is being undermined, and why we need to restore the full protective role of the jury in our...
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