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.
Defending Gideon
March 18, 2013
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Cast (2)
Martin Sheen
Narrator
Clarence Earl Gideon
Self - Archive Footage
Crew (4)
Directing
Rebecca Richman Cohen
Director
Writing
Rebecca Richman Cohen
Writer
Francisco Bello
Writer
Production
Rebecca Richman Cohen
Producer