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# Land of the Free
- URL: https://www.rangemedia.co/podcasts/land-of-the-free/
- Published: 2020-07-05T07:13:50.000Z
- Updated: 2020-07-05T07:13:50.000Z
- Description: Hey y'all it’s the 4th of July and we have a dang barn-burner this week on the pod
- Author: RANGE
- Tags: Podcast, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-02-19 03:03

Hey y'all it’s the 4th of July and we have a dang barn-burner this week on the pod: a fascinating conversation -- part 1 of 2 -- with Angelique Tomeo and Sabrina Ryan-Helton of the Bail Project about how maybe America isn't really the land of the free after all, what with the absurd amounts of pre-trial detention going on all throughout America (and certainly in Spokane) and how, just maybe, we should totally dismantle and abolish such a horribly inhumane system all together. Check it out here:

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As a supplement to this episode don’t forget to check out my essay on what happened to crime rates when Spokane let a bunch of people out of jail due to COVID. Really gives some extra urgency to the work.

**SUPPLEMENTS**

- [Spokane let people out of jail; Crime went down.](https://range.substack.com/p/spokane-let-people-out-of-jail-crime)
- The story of a 72-year-old man who was[ locked up for 33-months pre-trial](https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/oct/11/72-year-old-man-takes-plea-deal-after-33-months-aw/?fbclid=IwAR0yp%5FG2V44KTGm1UmWMovxqOv7zBO2ZOqm%5FUKjUxCijhfSD9%5FqOWIDW5fw&ref=rangemedia.co).
- The [Bail Project website](https://bailproject.org/?ref=rangemedia.co)
- [Bryan Stevenson's 2014 interview](https://www.npr.org/2014/10/20/356964925/one-lawyers-fight-for-young-blacks-and-just-mercy?ref=rangemedia.co) on Fresh Air about how "we have a criminal justice system that treats you better if you're rich and guilty than if you're poor and innocent."

**GOOFS**

- Why yes, that is a mash-up of a climactic scene from 1996 blockbuster Independence Day and the Spokane County Jail.
- With this [one sound effect](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP3MuUTmXNk&ref=rangemedia.co) you too can make stupid Law & Order spoofs.