Highlands Bunker

Innocence Project Delaware Executive Director Claudia Trupp joins Rob in the bunker to talk about how she became involved in criminal defense work, how an Innocence Project was brought to Delaware, and what work they are doing now to help the wrongfully convicted.Show Notes:Innocence Project DelawareDonate to the Innocence Project

State House candidate Monica Beard joins Rob in the bunker to talk about why she is running for office, the debacle that her opponent Mike Smith helped make happen, and how to actually stand up when legislative crises happen.Show Notes:Monica Beard websiteDonate to Monica

More Perfect Union journalist Paul Blest joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about the debacle around the vote giving LLCs and other entities the right to vote in Seaford.Show Notes:More Perfect Union threadNews Journal Coverage of LLC voting

Rob and Bill beam in from the virtual bunker to talk about a couple of court cases: the AMC settlement and the case of Samuel Waters, a cop who was charged with assault and perjury after being caught on camera assaulting someone in Southbridge.Show Notes:News Journal coverage of the Samuel Waters case

Rob and Karl discuss the new LEOBOR reform bills and the hearings that brought them to the vote that occurred yesterday. This was recorded right after the hearings but includes a couple updates on events that have happened since.Show Notes:News Journal coverage of the hearingVote of no confidence episodeThe new LEOBOR reform substituteThe POST Commission bill

Are corporate lobbyists using the secretive process that updates the general corporation law to impact a pending settlement? Chance from Chancery Daily joins Rob in the bunker to talk about how an AMC case in Chancery Court might be affected by Delaware's yearly update to the corporate law, and why the Delaware Way should be about integrity and not secrecy.Show Notes:Hal Weitzman episodeChancery Daily substackSB 114

Councilwoman Shané Darby joins Rob in the bunker to give some updates on what the hell is going on in Wilmington City Council, the barriers she's been facing to try to get basic accountability, and what some of her plans are for the next couple of years.Show Notes:The Public ReprimandSecret Member VotesHiring Family MembersWilmington police lawsuitBlack Mothers in Power

Journalist Karl Baker joins Rob in the bunker to talk about his latest venture, how the Port of Wilmington continues to be a disaster, and the broader state of local news in Delaware right now.Show Notes:Xerxes Wilson piece from the startKarl's newest port story on the News ArcadeDelaware Call profile of Madinah

ACLU Racial justice organizer Hasini Perkins joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about his experience going through the criminal legal system and how that led to the organizing work that he does now.Content warning on this one for description of violence and torture conditions in prisons.Show Notes:Right to Representation CampaignSmart Justice Campaign

Bunker OG Josh Whittaker joins Rob in the bunker to talk about the new legislative updates coming to the Delaware Call, some of the bills that have been included in it, and why some things are moving slower or quicker than they should be.Show Notes:Latest Delaware Call update