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How a Black teenager and his young lawyer changed America’s criminal justice system.
How a Black teenager and his young lawyer changed America’s criminal justice system.

The true story of Duncan v Louisiana, a Supreme Court case that ensured the right to a jury trial for all criminal cases. Elliot Smith interviews Matthew Van Meter about his book Deep Delta Justice.

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