#170 – Ronald Sullivan: The Ideal of Justice in the Face of Controversy and Evil

Ronald Sullivan is a law professor at Harvard and previously a lawyer for Harvey Weinstein and Aaron Hernandez. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(09:48) – Harvey Weinstein
(15:53) – Harvard succumbs to pressure
(27:08) – Safe spaces
(33:26) – Cancel culture
(36:23) – Evil
(40:33) – Hitler
(45:09) – Criminal justice system
(49:10) – Innocence
(51:39) – Racism in the judicial system
(1:03:41) – George Floyd
(1:06:06) – The trial of Derek Chauvin
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