Episode
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Death Investigations
Overview
America’s system for conducting death investigations is a mess. John Oliver explains why we should all be a little more concerned about fixing it.
Details
- Series
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 2019-05-19
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Death Investigations is Episode 12 in Season 6 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. It aired on 2019-05-19. The runtime is 30 min.
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