On this week’s episode of the Touro Law Review Podcast, Associate Dean Rodger Citron talks with Robin Peguero about his first novel, With Prejudice, and his views about the criminal justice system. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Peguero worked as a prosecutor in Miami, an experience he drew on while writing the novel.
The conversation begins with Peguero talking about his life-long interest in writing stories. It then turns to a discussion of the jury – its critical role in a trial, its composition (which is intensely contested by the lawyers trying the case before them), and its operation. What do we mean when we talk about “a jury of our peers?” To what extent does deliberation give us confidence in the jury’s verdict? Peguero addresses these questions and others during the conversation, exploring them from his perspective as a lawyer and a writer.
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Our guest today is Robin Peguero.
Robin Peguero
Robin Peguero spent seven years storytelling to juries for a living, most recently as a homicide prosecutor in Miami. An Afro-Latino and the son of immigrants, he graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School. He has written for the Miami Herald, the Harvard Crimson, and the Harvard Law Review, and he served as a press spokesman in the U.S. House and as a speechwriter in the U.S. Senate before becoming a lawyer. He is currently a U.S. House investigative counsel working on domestic terrorism.
Check out his novel, With Prejudice, which was published in 2022 and is available at the link below:
Amazon.com: With Prejudice: 9781538706282: Peguero, Robin: Books
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