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Friday, October 3, 2008
Gretchen Helfrich with Alyasa Abubakar (Scholar of Sharia Law)
 
Former Odyssey Host Gretchen Helfrich spent the summer working against impunity in Indonesia.  She tells us why Indonesia's court systems are struggling, despite the country's recent transition to democracy.  Also, Milos Stehlik looks at the allegory of blindness in film.





 
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Rule of Law in Indonesia  
Gretchen Helfrich — Law Student; Former host of Odyssey on Chicago Public Radio who recently traveled to Indonesia to research the court system

Jeffrey Winters — Associate Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University, who’s studied Indonesia’s political system
“Blindness”  
Milos Stehlik — Director of Facets Multimedia; Worldview Film Contributor
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