Welcome back to the Politics of Prosecution Podcast! This podcast examines the interaction between politics, broadly defined, and criminal prosecution on the local, state and federal levels. Our goal is to produce a variety of shows using different media. The podcast’s first series is created and produced by students in High Point University’s Honors Program. They will look at a variety of issues raised by ongoing events.
This twelfth episode discusses how the global pandemic has affect the criminal courts. There is little precedent for what COVID-19 has done to courts, laws, and prosecution. Various aspects of the typical court process had to be amended to comply with health precautions and public safety needs. These restrictions must be considered in the context of people’s Constitutional rights. Changes made to balance these competing demands include prison capacities, new practices for prosecutors in staying safe from COVID, keeping front-line officers like police safe from exposure, and de-prioritizing arrests that are less dangerous.
The sources used for reference in this episode are:
https://www.uscourts.gov/news/2020/07/16/some-courts-slow-reopening-plans-covid-cases-rise
https://ndaa.org/wp-content/uploads/COVID19_ProtectiveMeasures_Pros ecutorsCourts.pdf
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article244393022.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/opinion/covid-domestic-violence.html?auth=login-email&lo gin=email
https://ndaa.org/covid-19/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/opinion/covid-domestic-violence.html?auth=login-email&login=email

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