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  • Vice Last Line of Defense & El Rostro (Season 5, Episode 16)
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    TV Episode | 29 min | Documentary, News

Vice

Last Line of Defense & El Rostro (Season 5, Episode 16)
TV-14
TV Episode | 29 min | Documentary, News
Public Defenders are facing soaring caseloads, and flatlining budgets, and with 80% of all criminal defendants in the US unable to afford a lawyer, the system is collapsing. With the Constitutional right to fair representation in a court ...See morePublic Defenders are facing soaring caseloads, and flatlining budgets, and with 80% of all criminal defendants in the US unable to afford a lawyer, the system is collapsing. With the Constitutional right to fair representation in a court of law in jeopardy, Cord Jefferson heads to one of the worst hit states to see how overworked and underpaid public defenders is grinding the legal system to a halt. Deep in the Peruvian Amazon, indigenous tribes are doing everything they can to save their home from exploitation. Vice travels to where multinational energy companies have been drilling for lucrative natural resources to see how large-scale mining is decimating the land. With the native Harakmbut people as his guide, Ben Anderson goes into the forest to explore sacred landmarks they hope will stop these companies from destroying it for a profit. See less
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Writer
Reid Cherlin (additional writing)
Editors
Rebecca Adorno | Andrew Pattison | Jared Perez | Denny Thomas
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Status
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Updated Jun 23, 2017
Release date
Jun 23, 2017 (United States)
Awards
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Won 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 4 wins & 24 nominations

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