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New! A Class Apart
Item# 40874
© 2009
60 Min.
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In the 1954 legal case Hernandez v. Texas, defense lawyers forged a daring strategy-one arguing that Mexican-Americans did not fit into a legal structure which recognized only white and black racial c...
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New! The Released
Item# 40908
© 2009
60 Min.
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In 2009, hundreds of thousands of offenders with serious mental illnesses will be released into communities across America-the largest exodus in the nation's history. In this follow-up to the groundbr...
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$100 a Day: Justice and Reparation in California's Legal System
Item# 40583
© 2009
34 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-995-3
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-996-0
In 1991, Rick Walker was wrongly convicted of murder and spent the next 12 years in prison. This program tells the story of his exoneration and the political struggle to secure financial compensation...
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Bill Moyers Journal: Bruce Fein and Mark Danner on the Torture Memos / Steve Meacham of City Life/Vida Urbana
Item# 40457
© 2009
57 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-832-1
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-833-8
How should America react to the Bush-era torture memos released by the Department of Justice? Should the nation reflect and move on or investigate and bring to trial those involved? In this edition of...
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Public Safety, Law, and Security
Item# 39265
© 2009
23 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60467-466-8
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60467-467-5
The U.S. Department of Labor predicts a 29 percent jump in criminal justice-related positions within the next few years! This program introduces nine individuals who help protect others in very differ...
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Drink Spiking: Awareness and Avoidance
Item# 40272
© 2008
30 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-682-2
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60825-683-9
Drink spiking has become a social and health problem of alarming proportions. This program explains what drink spiking is and helps students recognize situations that may increase vulnerability to dri...
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Drug Dangers: Medical, Legal, and Social
Item# 40380
© 2008
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-676-1
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60825-677-8
What causes addiction? Is experimenting with drugs just a dangerous gamble or an expressway to the gutter? Can common sense override the urge to rebel and the yearning to fit in? This four-part series...
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Bill Moyers Journal: Torture Hearings
Item# 39736
© 2008
57 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60467-762-1
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60467-763-8
On Capitol Hill, members of Congress have been interviewing witnesses and investigating the treatment of detainees suspected of terrorism. This edition of the Journal summarizes those hearings and get...
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Total Isolation: The Science of Sensory Deprivation
Item# 39642
© 2008
51 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60467-576-4
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60467-577-1
The effects of sensory deprivation are still poorly understood. In this program, six volunteers undergo a 48-hour study of near-total isolation, conducted inside a former fallout shelter. Led by clini...
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How to Kill a Human Being: Methods of Execution
Item# 39626
© 2008
50 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60467-506-1
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60467-507-8
Is a humane and painless execution method possible, and if so, would death penalty proponents support its use? Or is pain the whole idea? Examining what many see as the cruelty of current procedures,...
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