Defending Gideon2013
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.
- Released
- 1. 5. 2026
- Runtime
- 30 min
- Genres
- Documentary
- Certification
- NR
- Country, language
- US · EN