What happens when a Philadelphia prosecutor who spent nearly a decade putting people behind bars starts to see the other side — and eventually crosses over entirely to fight for the people the system failed? In this episode of the Trustcast Show, Zane Myers speaks with Laurie Jubelirer, founder of Jubelirer Law, about her remarkable evolution from DA to defense attorney, the wrongful convictions she uncovered in her own past cases, and the life sentence she's been fighting to overturn for a man convicted of felony murder who never intended to kill anyone. Laurie explains why Pennsylvania's felony murder law just got struck down as unconstitutional, what police brutality cases really look like behind closed doors, and why she believes the entire American prison system has failed at its only job. They also discuss the judge who told her to settle down until she looked him in the eyes and refused, her civil rights pilgrimage to Selma and Montgomery, why criminalizing addiction and mental illness makes both worse, and how her father's three words — make a difference — have shaped everything she does. Laurie Jubelirer is the founder of Jubelirer Law, a criminal defense and civil rights firm serving the Philadelphia region. She is also the host of the Voices of the System podcast. She can be reached at jubileerlaw.com. Connect with Laurie Jubelirer: jubileerlaw.com lori@jubileerlaw.com LinkedIn: Jubelirer Law or Laurie Jubelirer Podcast: Voices of the System Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Laurie Jubelirer 00:52 Why she crossed from prosecutor to defense attorney 02:02 Did her former colleagues think she lost her mind 03:07 The hardest part of switching sides 04:01 Does she carry guilt over cases she won as a prosecutor 05:25 Starting Jubelirer Law from zero in 2013 06:48 The Tyreme Rivers case — life without parole for a purse snatching 08:49 How often does the system fail versus the client make a real mistake 10:20 What police brutality and prison civil rights cases look like day to day 12:33 Treating opioid addiction with support instead of prosecution 14:17 How her thinking has completely shifted since leaving prosecution 15:33 Over 1,000 people in Pennsylvania on life without parole who never intended to kill 17:56 What a criminal justice system that actually worked would look like 20:04 The solution — and what Norway and Scandinavia got right 21:35 Speaking at Colgate about Yahya Moore — handcuffed for three days without food 22:52 The judge who told her to settle down — and what she said back 24:09 Being called a beast in the courtroom while also caring deeply 26:01 How she handles new client intake 27:10 How she gets new clients and the podcast she launched in January 29:17 Her father's three words — make a difference 30:04 The civil rights journey to Selma and Montgomery 31:32 How to find and contact Laurie Jubelirer #LaurieJubelirer #JubelireLaw #WrongfulConvictions #CriminalJusticeReform #PoliceBrutality #FelonyMurder #PhiladelphiaLawyer #TrustcastShow #VoicesOfTheSystem #CriminalDefense
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