Set For Sentencing

About Set For Sentencing

Over a million people a year will face sentencing. For a client and their loved ones, it will be the most important day of their lives. Unlike at trial, there is virtually no limit to the kind of information a lawyer can credibly present to advocate for their client and demonstrate their humanity at sentencing. My passion is helping lawyers and clients craft their most compelling sentencing narratives. So, I was inspired to create this new podcast drawing on my 25+ years of criminal defense experience, my passion for storytelling, my expertise in producing mitigation videos, and my years spent consulting and developing compelling case narratives that get real results. In Set for Sentencing, I present cutting edge resources, world-class experts, and the straight scoop on our often dysfunctional system -- all in service to one goal -- to bring more more justice, more humanity, and more hope to the sentencing process. So, are you ready? Then let's get SET FOR SENTENCING!

Publisher

Doug Passon

Category

education · true crime

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

17 Apr 2022

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

13 of 144 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   From Skeptic to True Believer: A Sentencing Lawyer's AI Confession

   Host Doug Passon interviews criminal defense attorney Patrick Barone about the ethical and effective use of AI in legal practice, revealing a surprising AI guest appearance.

2. 

   21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Hot Pink Spotlight: The Clancy Mistrial Puts Women's Health on Trial (w/ Nellie King)

   Trial lawyer Nellie King discusses the Lindsay Clancy mistrial, revealing the complexities of the insanity defense and its impact on women's mental health.

3. 

   17 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Luigi Mangione Pleads Guilty. Here's What Happens Next.

   Legal experts Doug Passon and Mark Allenbaugh analyze Luigi Mangione's "no agreements" guilty plea and predict his sentencing outcome.

Inside a recent episode

From Skeptic to True Believer: A Sentencing Lawyer's AI Confession

Published 12 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And you're talking about IQ and all that stuff. You have to be an expert in that in order for you to be able to discharge your duty appropriately handling those cases. And, you know, when you see lawyers who are handling these cases that don't have that expertise, how they can, dare I say, sometimes malpractice those cases and have no idea they're doing it. That obligation is going to incur to us as criminal defense lawyers as it relates to the discovery process and the way that the police are using it. So even if we're not using it ourselves and think we have an ethical obligation to learn how AI works and its functionality for our own purposes, we're going to need to learn it so that we can appropriately represent and defend our clients. […]

Who has been a guest on Set For Sentencing

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Patrick Barone
• Nellie King
• Mark Allenbaugh
• Walt Pavlo
• Doug Berman

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

62,103

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

33 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

11 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 78 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

93

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

82

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Guest appearances

Books guests

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