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Defending Gideon (2013)
Short | 30 min | Documentary, Short

Defending Gideon (2013)

Short | 30 min | Documentary, Short

Fifty years ago, 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 ...See moreFifty years ago, 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. Weaving the story of this iconic case with contemporary portraits of legal injustice, the film DEFENDING GIDEON highlights the importance of a system that guarantees representation for all-and the dire consequences when that system fails. Written by The Constitution Project See less

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
Thomas Boyd Self - Trial Court Judge Self - Trial Court Judge See fewer	Defending Gideon (2013)
Clarence Earl Gideon Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	CBS Reports (1959)
Bruce Jacob Self - Gideon's Opposing Counsel Self - Gideon's Opposing Counsel See fewer	Defending Gideon (2013)
Robert Johnson Self - Retired Prosecutor Self - Retired Prosecutor See fewer	Defending Gideon (2013)
Abe Krash Self - Gideon's Supreme Court Counsel Self - Gideon's Supreme Court Counsel See fewer	Defending Gideon (2013)
Anthony Lewis Self - Author, 'Gideon's Trumpet' Self - Author, 'Gideon's Trumpet' See fewer	Defending Gideon (2013)
Tom McMillin Self - Michigan State Representative (R) (as Tim McMillin) Self - Michigan State Representative (R) (as Tim McMillin) See fewer	Defending Gideon (2013)
Walter Mondale Self - Former Attorney General of Minnesota Self - Former Attorney General of Minnesota See fewer	The Reagan Presidency (2012)
Zanele Ngubeni Self - Public Defender Self - Public Defender See fewer	Defending Gideon (2013)
Jonathan Rapping Self - Gideon's Promise Self - Gideon's Promise See fewer	Woke AF Daily (2020)
Martin Sheen Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	The Departed (2006)
Bryan Stevenson Self - Equal Justice Initiative Self - Equal Justice Initiative See fewer	Just Mercy (2019)