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Survivor’s Guilt After Leaving Prison - Chris Miner
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You can believe in accountability and still question the way we punish. That tension is exactly where this conversation lives, and it gets real fast. I’m joined by Chris Miner, a mitigation specialist at the Champaign County Public Defender’s Office in Illinois who helps judges see the full human story behind a charge. Chris also brings lived experience: he’s been incarcerated, he’s been arrested many times, and he’s spent two decades building a life that proves people are more than their worst moment.
We break down what mitigation actually means in the courtroom, how…
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