Allison, Ginna
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Crazy and/or guilty as charged: insanity defense, diminished capacity, and the Constitution (Episode 1 of 13)
First episode of thirteen in a series. A documentary examining the changing legal rulings on the insanity plea. This program looks at John Hinckley’s insanity acquittal, Dan White’s diminished capacity verdict, and comments by legal experts, politicians, psychiatrists, and those acquitted on the basis of insanity. Sponsored by the Pacifica Foundation and the American Civil…
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Without due process : prejudice in the application of Constitutional rights to citizens and non-citizens (Episode 14 of 15)
The fourteenth in the series Bill of Rights Radio Education Project, co-sponsored by the Pacifica Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union, with major funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. This episode explores the historical and legal basis for the wartime internment of Japanese-Americans, the detention of Haitian refugees, and the tactics of…
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Crazy and/or guilty as charged: the insanity defense, diminished capacity, and the constitution (Episode 15 of 15)
The fifteenth in the series Bill of Rights Radio Education Project, co-sponsored by the Pacifica Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union, with major funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. This episode explores the constitutional aspects of the insanity plea and diminished capacity defenses. Produced by Adi Gevins and Ginna Allison, with research…
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Without due process: the Constitutional rights of citizens and non-citizens (Episode 10 of 13)
This is the 10th in a series of 13 episodes. This documentary includes recorded testimony from hearings before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, recorded proceedings of Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) deportation hearings, a tour of Ellis Island, historic news stories, interviews, speeches, and music. Sponsored by the Pacifica Foundation and…