Brandon Jackson is one of more than 1,500 people incarcerated in Louisiana on non-unanimous verdicts, which the United States Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional last year. Will he get a chance at freedom?

Written by Nicholas Chrastil.

Read by Mike Paul. 

Brandon Jackson is one of more than 1,500 people incarcerated in Louisiana on non-unanimous verdicts, which the United States Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional last year. Will he get a chance at freedom?
Written by Nicholas Chrastil.
Read by Mike Paul.&nbsp;

AJ Longreads brings you the best of Al Jazeera's long-form journalism to listen to in your own time.

AJ Longreads brings you the best of Al Jazeera's long-form journalism to listen to in your own time.

AJ Longreads

The best of Al Jazeera's long-form journalism to listen to in your own time.

The best of Al Jazeera's long-form journalism to listen to in your own time.

A ‘Jim Crow jury’ prisoner fights for freedom

Pakistan's Christians have long been marginalised and pushed into sewer cleaning work. Now, some are fighting back.

Written by Saad Zuberi.

Read by Laura Lockwood.

Pakistan's Christians have long been marginalised and pushed into sewer cleaning work. Now, some are fighting back.
Written by Saad Zuberi.
Read by Laura Lockwood.

How death and despair haunt Pakistan’s Christian minority

In Berlin, comedians from Ukraine and Russia share the same stage as an outlet for their grief and anger about the war.

Written by Verena Hoelzl.

Read by Richard Martin.

In Berlin, comedians from Ukraine and Russia share the same stage as an outlet for their grief and anger about the war.
Written by Verena Hoelzl.
Read by Richard Martin.

‘Stand-up’ for Ukraine: Coping through comedy in the face of war

How a flourishing underground subculture is providing a welcome escape from the realities of war.

Written by Nils Adler.


Read by Xzavian Wrushen.

How a flourishing underground subculture is providing a welcome escape from the realities of war.
Written by Nils Adler.
 Read by Xzavian Wrushen.

A ‘Jim Crow jury’ prisoner fights for freedom

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