Defending Gideon

2013 30 min

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Countries

United States of America

Spoken Languages

English en

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Cast

Martin Sheen

Narrator

Clarence Earl Gideon

Self - Archive Footage

Crew

Rebecca Richman Cohen

Director

Rebecca Richman Cohen

Writer

Francisco Bello

Writer

Rebecca Richman Cohen

Producer

Posters

External Links

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