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Episode 4: Dedicated Public Servants

Episode 4: Dedicated Public Servants

FromThe Kids of Rutherford County


Episode 4: Dedicated Public Servants

FromThe Kids of Rutherford County

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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Nov 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The lawyers settle with the county, which agrees to pay the kids who were wrongfully arrested and illegally jailed; the hard part is actually getting the kids paid. From Serial Productions and The New York Times in partnership with ProPublica and Nashville Public Radio, “The Kids of Rutherford County” is reported and hosted by Meribah Knight, a Peabody-award winning reporter based in the South. 
Released:
Nov 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (5)

For over a decade, one Tennessee county arrested and illegally jailed hundreds, maybe thousands, of children. A four-part narrative series reveals how this came to be, the adults responsible for it, and the two lawyers, former juvenile delinquents themselves, who try to do something about it.