Defending Gideon
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.
Year: 2013
Genre: Documentary
Studio: New Media Advocacy Project, Racing Horse Productions
Director: Rebecca Richman Cohen
Cast: Martin Sheen, Clarence Earl Gideon
Crew: Rebecca Richman Cohen (Director), Rebecca Richman Cohen (Writer), Francisco Bello (Writer), Rebecca Richman Cohen (Producer)
Runtime: 30 minutes
Release: Mar 18, 2013
IMDb: 0.00/10 by 0 users
Popularity: 2
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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