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 …
