Film
Defending Gideon
2013Directed by Rebecca Richman Cohen
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- Released
- Runtime
- 30m
About Defending Gideon
- Documentary
Synopsis
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.
- Director
- Rebecca Richman Cohen
- Writers
- Rebecca Richman Cohen
- Francisco Bello
