Film

Defending Gideon (2013)

• NR
• 18 Mart 2013
• 30 dk

• Belgesel

Özet

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.

Yönetmen

Rebecca Richman Cohen

Senaristler

Rebecca Richman Cohen, Francisco Bello

Başroller

Martin Sheen, Clarence Earl Gideon