In This Episode
We live in a messy world where relationships go south and people hurt each other, sometimes violently. The criminal justice system is meant to answer that harm. But what happens inside the mind and heart of the person handing down the sentences?
Judge Kristine Osterday took an unlikely road to the bench: a first-generation college student from a blue-collar family, who followed what she calls “a call she was smart enough not to get in the way of.” In this conversation with host Rob Brenneman, she speaks candidly about faith and vocation, why she’s passionate about presiding over one of the hardest dockets: domestic violence,and where she believes the justice system, faith communities, and the rest of us are still falling short.
Links
- Elkhart Superior Court No. 1
- National Domestic Violence Hotline · 1-800-799-7233
Credits
Host: Rob Brenneman
Senior Producer: Yebu Ji
Sound Engineering: Grant Bachman & Alex Dugger
Background Research: Alaina Wolfe
Illustrator: Senna Duan
Marketing Manager: Melissa Troyer
Audience Engagement Manager: Courtney Dobrzykowski
Directed by: Duane Stoltzfus
Music
Theme Music: Umbilical Moonrise by Lotus
Big River Run by Blue Dot Sessions
Eleven Count by Blue Dot Sessions
Just Stories is a collaboration of the Religion, Justice, and Society Department and the Communication Department at Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana, part of the More Than Just Stories project, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc.
