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Title:

Defending Gideon : it's time to finish what he started 50 years ago / a film by The Constitution Project ; produced by New Media Advocacy Projet (N-MAP) ; director & producer, Rebecca Richman Cohen ; producer, Adam Stofsky ; written by Francisco Bello, Rebecca Richman Cohen.

Publisher:

The Constitution Project,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

1 videodisc (31 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Right to counsel--United States.
Legal assistance to the poor--United States.
Gideon, Clarence Earl--Trials, litigation, etc.
Documentary films.

Other Authors:

Cohen, Rebecca Richman, film director. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2011044262
Sheen, Martin, narrator. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81120306
Constitution Project (Georgetown Public Policy Institute), issuing body. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001041754
New Media Advocacy Project, production company. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2013053759
Ford Foundation, sponsoring body. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79066088
Arnold & Porter, sponsoring body. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85057863

Notes:

Narrated by Martin Sheen.

Summary:

This documentary deals with the landmark case Gideon v. Wainwright, which guarantees poor defendants the right to counsel in criminal cases. It also presents contemporary portraits of legal injustice.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)842289577

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)