Last Week Tonight the Other Night
Sorry about this meaning delayed, but as I mentioned on Monday, the Raindy Rainbow video popped up and took precedence for me. And then yesterday, I thought John Prine was too timely. But we finally made it do Wednesday, and so here we are at last, we Last Week Tonight with John Oliver..
If you didn't see the show on Sunday, the Main Story was on juries. And it was excellent. Very funny in many parts, but full of terrific research on how deeply unfair the system is to minorities.
This also gives me the opportunity to bring back my own perspective on the subject, a three-part tale that I wrote back in March, 2016 about my experience sitting on the jury of a physical disability injury trial. The experience was interesting and ultimately made me pretty angry.
I got a nice reaction for some of attorneys afterwards who said that for all their years doing trial work, they never really knew in such detail what went on inside the jury room, and they were fascinated by much of what took place. This is not at all what John Oliver's report is about, but consider it a sort of addendum. If you're interested and want to stick around for a little After the Show reading, I've got the whole thing linked.
Part One here.
Pat Two here.
And the exciting conclusion in Part Three here.
Mainly though, in the main part, John Oliver is here --
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