Category:Documentary 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.
Status:ReleasedIMDb Release date: 2013-03-18 Run time: 30 minute / 0:30 Director: Rebecca Richman Cohen Production Companies : New Media Advocacy Project, Racing Horse Productions Production Country: United States of America
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