Liberty on Trial in America: Cases That Defined Freedom. Episode 24, Liberty for Nonhumans?

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Many Americans were initially excluded from "liberty and justice for all." Could future trials result in greater liberties for apes, cetaceans, and elephants? Learn how "Tommy" became the first chi...

Many Americans were initially excluded from "liberty and justice for all." Could future trials result in greater liberties for apes, cetaceans, and elephants? Learn how "Tommy" became the first chimpanzee to have a suit for his freedom filed on his behalf, and why one judge on the New York Court of Appeals says the issue of fundamental rights for nonhuman animals is not going away.

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