Film
Defending Gideon
2013 · 30m · Documentary
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Overview
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.
Cast
Crew
- Rebecca Richman CohenDirector · Writer · Producer
- Francisco BelloWriter
Details
- Release date
- March 18, 2013
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 30m
- Rated
- NR
- Genres
- Documentary
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