After Kyle Rittenhouse, What About Chrystul Kizer? Eric Adams Transition and More; Omicron News Continues; Barbados Is Now a Republic
The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 30, 2021
Coming up on today's show:
- After Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted earlier this month, another self-defense case in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is drawing renewed attention from advocates. Kami Chavis, director of the criminal justice program at Wake Forest Law, and Jessica Contrera, local enterprise reporter for The Washington Post, talk about the case of Chrystul Kizer, who faces homicide charges for killing her adult sex abuser when she was 17 years old, how Kizer's case compares to Rittenhouse's, and why some claims of self-defense work better than others in court and in the media.
- Gloria Pazmino, politics reporter at Spectrum News New York 1, and Elizabeth Kim, politics reporter for Gothamist and WNYC, talk about the latest in local politics.Â
- Leana Wen, emergency physician, professor at George Washington University, contributing columnist for The Washington Post, CNN medical analyst, and former Baltimore Health Commissioner and the author of Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health (Metropolitan Books, 2021), has the latest information on the Omicron variant as relevant science, guidance, and global policy continues to develop.
- Barbados has removed Queen Elizabeth as its head of state, making the small Caribbean country the world's youngest republic. Kobie Broomes, 1st Vice President of Barbados Youth Development Council and multimedia specialist at Barbados Today, discusses this transition and its significance.
