Behind the Blindfold

By: Scott Fenstermaker and Romeo Salta
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  • Summary

  • Series about law, its inconsistencies, idiosyncrasies, absurdities as evidences by real clients, real cases, real evidence, real facts, and real law. Two New York lawyers using examples from cases and their own experience to demonstrate law's shortcomings.
    ©Scott Fenstermaker and Romeo Salta 2024
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Politics & Government
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Episodes
  • Prosecutorial Infringement on Defendants' Right to Counsel

    Prosecutorial Infringement on Defendants' Right to Counsel
    Jan 26 2025

    Episode about prosecutorial misuse of the arrest power and the state disciplinary process to deny criminal defendants the right to independent defense counsel.
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    47 mins
  • Behind the Blindfold: Misuse of Prosecutorial Powers of Investigation and Arrest to Intimidate Criminal Defense Attorneys

    Behind the Blindfold: Misuse of Prosecutorial Powers of Investigation and Arrest to Intimidate Criminal Defense Attorneys
    Oct 25 2024

    Abuse of prosecutorial powers of arrest and investigation to intimidate criminal defense attorneys. Prosecutorial misconduct. Malicious prosecution. Breakdown in the Rule of Law. Prosecutorial overreach. Harassment of a criminal defense attorney by an elected district attorney in order to silence criticism of the prosecutor's misuse of prosecutorial discretion.
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    23 mins
  • Behind the Blindfold: Government Use of Suspension Power to Interfere with Attorney-Client Relationships at Guantanamo Bay

    Behind the Blindfold: Government Use of Suspension Power to Interfere with Attorney-Client Relationships at Guantanamo Bay
    Sep 12 2024

    Podcast discussing the government's use, and misuse, of its suspension power to interfere with Guantanamo Bay detainees' rights to independent counsel. Combined with the government's silencing of the detainees by denying them a hearing on who they would like as their attorney, and the government's blocking privileged legal mail subject to the attorney-client privilege, the government's aggressive use of its suspension power to limit the pool of available defense attorneys calls into question the fairness and independence of the legal cases involving allegations of terrorism.
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    28 mins

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