PBS NewsHour

March 28, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Sunday, March 28th, COVID-19 cases rise as vaccination efforts increase, how the pandemic has impacted economic and gender equity, and in our signature segment: the origins of non-unanimous jury verdicts, ruled to violate the 6th Amendment but not outlawed in two states until recently, and what’s ahead for those people convicted by them. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

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While the COVID-19 pandemic has had dire economic consequences worldwide, its impact on women has been especially harsh, setting back strides made towards gender and economic equity. Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg, co-founders of TheSkimm, a digital media company aimed at millennial women, join to discuss the recent launch of a free online financial education series for women.

Previews + Extras

  • Non-unanimous juries were outlawed. Why two states used them: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Non-unanimous juries were outlawed. Why two states used them

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    The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1972 that non-unanimous juries—those that convict a defendant with a split decision—are a violation of the 6th Amendment. But a loophole allowed two states to maintain the practice. Tom Casciato looks at the roots of split-jury verdicts and what faces those convicted by them. This segment is part of our series Chasing the Dream: Poverty and Opportunity in America.

  • The ‘inequitable justice’ of non-unanimous juries: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The ‘inequitable justice’ of non-unanimous juries

    S2021 E87 - 7m 57s

    For more on the issue of split-verdict juries from our signature segment, wrongful convictions, and the inequities in the American criminal justice system, New Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams joined Hari Sreenivasan to discuss, including what happens to those convicted using this now-outlawed practice.

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