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Behind The Lens episode 192: ‘There’s a number of outstanding questions’

Producer Carolyne Heldman catches up with Criminal Justice Reporter Nick Chrastil.
by Carolyne Heldman

This week on Behind The Lens, host Carolyne Heldman catches up with Lens reporter Nick Chrastil. 

The Mayor’s Office of Gun Violence Prevention has ceased most operations and laid off all employees, since the CEA with its fiscal agent lapsed at the end of last year.

A New Orleans trial was put on hold this week after an appellate court ordered the district court judge to hold a hearing on whether the court has been illegally excluding people with prior felony convictions from serving on juries for the last year and a half. The state law was changed in 2021.

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Carolyne Heldman

Carolyne Heldman Rovira has been in media for 35 years, and is currently the podcast host and producer for Behind The Lens. Heldman served as executive director at Aspen Public Radio, an NPR affiliate, where she launched four weekly news, public affairs, and cultural affairs programs. She has been a guest lecturer at Tulane University, is a frequent guest and moderator for the Aspen Institute, Rocky Mountain Institute, and the American Enterprise Institute.

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