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Behind The Lens episode 145: ‘It’s like we’re in a holding pattern’ - The Lens

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This week on Behind the Lens, Al Jazeera and the Lens partnered on a story[1] about the racist past and ongoing impacts of non-unanimous jury verdicts, more than two years after Louisiana’s split jury law was repealed and a year after the United States Supreme Court ruled that non-unanimous verdicts are unconstitutional. 

Al Jazeera’s Fault Lines produced a documentary about the story[2], which was released early this week along with a story by Lens reporter Nicholas Chrastil. (Listen to the audio version on the Al Jazeera Longreads podcast[3].)

The project tells the story of Brandon Jackson, a man who has spent half his life behind bars after being convicted of participating in a Bossier Parish robbery by a 10-2 jury vote. Despite the Supreme Court ruling, Jackson’s verdict is still considered valid, but he is fighting to have it overturned. 

Our guests this week are criminal justice reporter Nick Chrastil, and Fault Lines senior producer Jeremy Young. 

Behind The Lens is available on Apple Podcasts[4], Spotify[5] [6]and Stitcher[7]. And we broadcast the show on community radio stations 102.3 FM WHIV LP[8] and 90.3 FM WAMF-LP[9].

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Carolyne Heldman has been in media for 35 years, most recently as Executive Director at an NPR member station in Colorado where she was responsible for new multi-platform content initiatives, strategic... More by Carolyne Heldman [15]

References

  1. ^ partnered on a story (thelensnola.org)
  2. ^ documentary about the story (www.youtube.com)
  3. ^ Al Jazeera Longreads podcast (www.aljazeera.com)
  4. ^  Apple Podcasts (itunes.apple.com)
  5. ^ Spotify (open.spotify.com)
  6. ^   (playmusic.app.goo.gl)
  7. ^ Stitcher (www.stitcher.com)
  8. ^ 102.3 FM WHIV LP (media.blubrry.com)
  9. ^  90.3 FM WAMF-LP (wamf.org)
  10. ^ Play in new window (media.blubrry.com)
  11. ^ Download (media.blubrry.com)
  12. ^ Behind The Lens episode 79: Mayday, May Day (thelensnola.org)
  13. ^ Behind The Lens episode 77: Got protection? (thelensnola.org)
  14. ^ Behind The Lens episode 2: ‘A city like New Orleans has an expiration date.’ (thelensnola.org)
  15. ^ More by Carolyne Heldman (thelensnola.org)
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