Paul Butler

A former federal prosecutor, Paul Butler provides legal commentary for CNN, MSNBC, and NPR and has been featured on 60 Minutes and profiled in the Washington Post . A law professor at Georgetown University, he is the author of Let's Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice , winner of the Harry Chapin Media Award, and Chokehold: Policing Black Men (both from The New Press). He has published numerous op-eds and book reviews, including in the New York Times , the Washington Post , the Boston Globe ,...See more

A former federal prosecutor, Paul Butler provides legal commentary for CNN, MSNBC, and NPR and has been featured on 60 Minutes and profiled in the Washington Post . A law professor at Georgetown University, he is the author of Let's Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice , winner of the Harry Chapin Media Award, and Chokehold: Policing Black Men (both from The New Press). He has published numerous op-eds and book reviews, including in the New York Times , the Washington Post , the Boston Globe , and the Los Angeles Times . He lives in Washington, D.C. See less