Our summer series, “Gideon’s Gifts: Keeping the Promise” showcases some of the public defenders who fulfill the constitutional guarantee of quality representation. Supporting Gideon’s Promise strengthens the public defenders who tirelessly strive to zealously advocate for the voiceless in our …
Breakout – Justice Delivered: Protecting Liberty and Gideon’s Legacy
On November 4–6, 2015, the Charles Koch Institute hosted “Advancing Justice: An Agenda for Human Dignity &Public Safety” in New Orleans. During the breakout “Justice Delivered: Protecting Liberty and Gideon’s Legacy,” panelists explained how the public defense system relates to …
Zanele Mgubeni Testimonial
Strengthening public defenders & transforming public defense to ensure that those accused of crimes, who are most vulnerable, have equal access to justice. …
Testimonials
Strengthening public defenders & transforming public defense to ensure that those accused of crimes, who are most vulnerable, have equal access to justice. …
Gideon’s Army English Movie
Gideon’s Army English Movie First battle scene from the movie 300(2006). Leonidas, the king of Sparta, motivates his warriors to defend the Hot Gates, thus blocking the invading Persian …
Jonathan Rapping at TEDxAtlanta
Attorney Jonathan Rapping knows, “it’s really hard to be a caring lawyer. Caring is painful.” His organization, Gideon’s Promise, is inspiring a new generation of public defenders facing “the nation’s greatest civil rights issue today” – the tragic …
Meet Gideon’s Promise, the organization behind Gideon’s Army
Strengthening public defenders & transforming public defense to ensure that those accused of crimes, who are most vulnerable, have equal access to justice. …
Gary Drinkard – Gideon’s Promise and Peril (Part 9)
Gideon’s Promise and Peril: Meeting the Mandate for Indigent Defense Conference at Harvard Law School, October 11, 2013 https://charleshamiltonhouston.org/events/gideons-promise-and-peril/ This year marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision Gideon v. Wainwright, in which the Court ruled state …
Jonathan Rapping – Touro Law – 2013 Public Interest Lawyer in Residence – Public Speech
The Law Center highlights the continuing crisis in indigent criminal defense, 50 years after the US Supreme Court decision in Gideon v. Wainwright, by honoring Jonathan Rapping as the 2013 Distinguished Public Interest Lawyer in Residence from Wednesday-Thursday, October 9-10. …
True Believers in Justice: A Young Public Defender’s Struggle | Op-Docs | The New York Times
The filmmaker Dawn Porter follows Travis Williams, a young public defender in the Deep South, who struggles against long hours, low pay and staggering caseloads to bring justice to all. Read the story here: http://nyti.ms/WnMFNG Subscribe to the Times Video …
