Keeda Haynes on her path to criminal justice reform advocacy

Keeda Haynes is a leading voice in criminal justice reform in Nashville. And she brings firsthand experience to her work, having spent nearly five years in federal prison — an experience she says still affects her today.

We talk with the former public defender and congressional candidate about her hopes for our justice system, and her path from incarceration to advocacy, which she recounts in her book Bending the Arc.

But first, Nashville’s first medical examiner, Charles Harlan, was suspended and eventually stripped of his medical license, but no one knows how many people were sent to prison due to his faulty testimony.

Guests:

• Mariah Timms, reporter, The Tennessean
• Keeda Haynes, senior legal counsel, Free Hearts