Public Defenseless

512 | How Public Advocacy Secured Missouri Public Defenders Pay Parity and Much More w/Matthew Crowell and Jet McDonald

Donnerstag, 3. September 2026 · 1 h 02

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In this episode, Hunter revisits with Matthew Crowell, Director of the Missouri State Public Defender, and for the first time Jet McDonald, MSPD's newest Comms Strategist. They discussed how Matthew was able to use public and private advocacy to secure desperately needed pay raises for the system and their plans to continue expanding their public advocacy to fight for even more improvements to the system.

Guest:
Matthew Crowell, Director, Missouri State Public Defender
Jet McDonald, Communications Strategist, Missouri State Public Defender

Resource:
Learn More about the Office
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Contact Jet
Jet.McDonald@mspd.mo.gov
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