Broadcast features Linda Backiel, a criminal defense attorney and poet living and practicing law in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She will speak about her role in defending independentistas in the fight against colonialism in Puerto Rico. Plus, attorney Myron Beldock, who defended Rubin “Hurricane” Carter against a wrongful murder conviction. The charges were eventually dropped in a 1988 landmark decision. Hosted by Michael Ratner, Heidi Boghosian and Michael Steven Smith. Produced in the studios of WBAI New York.