Committed To Misunderstanding

83 Days from Arrest to Execution. E 12 Trailer


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How long does it take to execute a child in the United States of America?In 1944, the state of South Carolina needed 83 days to arrest a 14-year-old Black boy named George Stinney Jr., interrogate him without a parent or attorney, try him in front of an all-white jury that deliberated for 10 minutes, deny his clemency petition, and walk him into an electric chair he was too small to fit into.Twenty-one years later, in Hayneville, Alabama, a 55-year-old white man shot an unarmed seminary student at point-blank range. The jury that acquitted him was selected by his own cousin. It took them under 90 minutes.Same system. Two speeds.Episode 10 of Committed to Misunderstanding sits inside both courtrooms and takes apart a legal machine that wasn't broken — it was working. Host Chuck Lenahan, clinical mental health therapist, is joined by post-conviction attorney Janis Mann to examine how the American legal system produces outcomes like these using its own rules."Speed of Injustice" — Episode 10. Dropping Friday.Subscribe for new episodes. Whitewashed history brought back to its technicolor reality. With receipts.

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Committed To MisunderstandingBy Chuck Lenahan