(Defending Gideon)

Content: Clarence Earl Gideon was charged with breaking into a pool hall. He could not afford a lawyer to defend him in court, and after a hasty trial, he was convicted. Had Gideon accepted his fate, he'd have been imprisoned for five years. But Gideon did challenge his conviction -all the way to the Supreme Court. The result was the landmark case Gideon v. Wainwright, which guarantees poor defendants the right to counsel in criminal cases.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

30 minutes

Year:

2013

Directors:

Rebecca Richman Cohen

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Production companies:

New Media Advocacy Project,

Racing Horse Productions

Actors:

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