My guest today is Professor Alexandra Natapoff. Alexandra is a law professor at Harvard University. She writes about criminal courts, public defense, plea bargaining, wrongful convictions, and race and inequality in the criminal justice system. Her new book, which is an expanded edition of her older book is called "Snitching: Criminal Informants and the Erosion of American Justice" In this episode, Alexandra and I discuss a phenomenon that's rarely encountered outside of shows like The Sopranos and The Wire, which is the use of criminal informants in the American justice system. Not all countries allow cops and prosecutors to reduce an accused criminal sentence in exchange for his cooperation and other investigations. However, Alexandra argues that most local and state agencies in America are allowed to do this with no documentation and no transparency. We talk about the advantages as well as the flaws of this system. We discuss the risk of informants giving false information or even planting evidence to reduce their own sentences. We talk about the triangular relationship between cops, informants, and prosecutors. We talk about the secretive nature of the informant system and how that prevents academics from studying it. I also press Alexandra on whether her proposal for transparency in the informant system would hinder the cops' ability to solve violent crimes and protect unsafe neighborhoods. Check out Alexandra's Book: Snitching: Criminal Informants and the Erosion of American Justice - https://amzn.to/3Old94u #Indeed #Ad Need to hire? You need Indeed. Join over three million businesses worldwide using Indeed to hire great talent fast. Visit https://www.indeed.com/Conversations to start hiring now. #AthleticGreens #Ad To make it easy, Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1-year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit https://www.athleticgreens.com/coleman #Butcherbox #Ad Sign up today at https://www.butcherbox.com/COLEMAN and use code COLEMAN to get Free Ribeyes for a Year plus $10 off. FOLLOW COLEMAN Twitter - http://bit.ly/2rbAJue Facebook - http://bit.ly/2LiAXH3 Instagram - http://bit.ly/2SDGo6o Podcast -https://bit.ly/3oQvNUL Website - https://colemanhughes.org/ Limited Edition Merch - https://bit.ly/CWCMerch ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXgIoFy4UEg

Welcome to another episode of Conversations with Coleman. My guest today is Andrew Yang. Andrew Yang is a businessman, attorney and author. He is known for his presidential bid in 2020 and his bid for New York City mayor in 2021. This podcast was recorded at Andrew's studio and jointly released on his podcast which is called "Forward". In this episode, we discuss my upbringing and background in music, how philosophy is taught, why race shouldn't matter, the democrats use of identity politics, office culture, the future of work, automation, and AI. I hope you enjoy this episode as much I did. FOLLOW COLEMAN YouTube - http://bit.ly/38kzium Twitter - http://bit.ly/2rbAJue Facebook - http://bit.ly/2LiAXH3 Instagram - http://bit.ly/2SDGo6o Podcast -https://bit.ly/3oQvNUL Website - https://colemanhughes.org/ Limited Edition Merch - https://bit.ly/CWCMerch #ConversationswithColeman #CwC #ColemanHughes #AndrewYang ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEa5Oi4KJT8