Justice System

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  May 10, 2025City Council, Justice System

  #112: What to do with Olympia’s court

  Dirk Marler is a longtime advocate for unifying Washington’s fragmented court system. As a Yakima County District Court judge from 1988 to 2003, Marler experienced firsthand the confusion caused by […]

• August 10, 2020Justice System, Racial Justice

  #70: A Public Defender Talks Justice

  Protests from the Black Lives Matter movement have dramatically changed public discourse. Those who have been advocating for a new vision for safety and justice are now finding their ideas […]

• August 5, 2019Justice System

  #43: An Update on Criminal Justice

  With the public discourse that arose from last year’s election of the Thurston County Prosecutor, our listeners have asked us to keep tabs on issues of criminal justice in our […]