Judge Glenda Hatchett is an American television personality, lawyer, and judge who is the star of the former court show, Judge Hatchett and current day The Verdict with Judge Hatchett, and founding partner at the national law firm, The Hatchett Firm. 

Listeners can learn more about Judge Glenda Hatchett at her website ​​https://smstrial.com/glenda-hatchett/ and on IG @thejudgehatchett

Resources:

Dare to Take Charge: How to Live Your Life on Purpose

Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say!: Saving Your Child from a Troubled World 

In this episode of Zone 7, Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum, sits down with the remarkable Judge Glenda Hatchett to discuss her transformative journey through the justice system, emphasizing her role in juvenile court. Judge Hatchett shares powerful stories of her innovative approach to juvenile cases, focusing on rehabilitation over incarceration through creative sentencing, community programs, and personal mentorship. She advocates passionately for investing in youth development to break generational cycles of crime.

Show Notes:

• [0:00] Welcome back to Zone 7 with Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum.  
• [2:00] Sheryl introduces guest, Judge Glenda Hatchett to the listeners 
• [6:00] The story of "Gator" 
• [12:45] “Your past doesn’t have to define your future.”
• [13:30] Getting recidivism rates down to single digits
• [16:00] The influence of community programs on juvenile offenders
• [20:00] Costs of incarceration vs. education
• [24:00] Working with schools and families 
• [29:00] The story of "Miss Hattie"
• [31:00] Judge Hatchett's current law practice
• [38:00] “It's so easy to get in the juvenile justice system and so hard to get out.”
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Sheryl “Mac” McCollum is an Emmy Award winning CSI, a writer for CrimeOnLine, Forensic and Crime Scene Expert for Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, and a CSI for a metro Atlanta Police Department. She is the co-author of the textbook., Cold Case: Pathways to Justice. Sheryl is also the founder and director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute, a collaboration between universities and colleges that brings researchers, practitioners, students and the criminal justice community together to advance techniques in solving cold cases and assist families and law enforcement with solvability factors for unsolved homicides, missing persons, and kidnapping cases.  

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