The Verdict, the Video, and the Unreasonable Burden of Proof.

Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts

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News Commentary,, Government, News

4.6 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In the wake of the conviction of former police officer Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd, journalism professor Allissa Richardson joins Dahlia Lithwick to discuss what it is to bear witness while Black in America, and why the media needs to stop airing the videos. (This is the interview with Vanita Gupta that Dahlia mentions. In our Slate Plus segment, Mark Joseph Stern and Dahlia probe the duplicity at the high court in this week's shocking juvenile life without parole decision, why justices insisting they're best friends really isn't the answer to calls for court reform, and a look ahead to the biggest case so far this term that you probably haven't heard much about. Sign up for Slate Plus now to listen and support our show. Podcast production by Sara Burningham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I've entered the Rick and Morty multiverse so many times at all for
0:04.4	that I don't know whether I'm Rick, Morty.
0:07.3	Oh, myself.
0:08.5	Am I Rick?
0:09.6	Am I Morty?
0:10.7	Am I me?
0:11.9	Am I Rick?
0:12.8	Am I Morty?
0:13.9	Am I me?
0:15.2	I don't know.
0:16.4	Watch now at all for the UK's biggest free streaming service.
0:20.4	Watch and rewatch!
0:21.5	Watch and rewatch!
0:22.1	Watch and rewatch!
0:22.8	Go free!
0:23.5	Come to our channel for.com slash verify.
0:32.3	Who are these videos for now at this point?
0:35.2	Are they four people who really are interested in dismantling
0:39.2	this form of policing that's killed so many people?
0:42.4	Or are they just people looking at this as entertainment?
0:45.3	And at some point we have to ask those tough questions.
0:54.7	Hi and welcome back to Amicus.
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