Episode
60 Minutes: Hell Flight, Justice Defenders, Kings of the Road
Overview
The COVID flight from hell; Inside the organization helping prisoners in Africa become lawyers and paralegals; Will driverless trucks soon share our roads?
Details
- Series
- 60 Minutes
- Season
- Season 53
- Episode
- Episode 48
- Air date
- 2021-08-15
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Hell Flight, Justice Defenders, Kings of the Road is Episode 48 in Season 53 of 60 Minutes. It aired on 2021-08-15. The runtime is 44 min.
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