{"product_id":"chasing-gideon-9781620970263","title":"Chasing Gideon","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eFirst published to mark the fifty-year anniversary of the Supreme Court decision \u003ci\u003eGideon v. Wainwright\u003c\/i\u003e, which guaranteed the right to legal counsel for all criminal defendants, \u003ci\u003eChasing Gideon\u003c\/i\u003e is “a hugely important book” (\u003ci\u003eNew York Law Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) that gives us a visceral, unforgettable experience of our systemic failure to fulfill this basic constitutional right. Written in the tradition of \u003ci\u003eGideon's Trumpet\u003c\/i\u003e, by the late Anthony Lewis, this is “a book of nightmares,” as Leonard Pitts wrote in the \u003ci\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e, because it shows that the “‘justice system' too often produces the opposite of what its name suggests, particularly for its most vulnerable constituents.”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eFollowing its publication, \u003ci\u003eChasing Gideon\u003c\/i\u003e, which ACLU director Anthony Romero said “illustrates the scope and seriousness of the indigent defense crisis,” became an integral part of a growing national conversation about how to reform indigent defense in America, coordinated with an HBO documentary and a website to promote the book and the movie. The effort spread news about \u003ci\u003eChasing Gideon\u003c\/i\u003e directly to public defenders offices nationwide and drove a national conversation about what Eric Holder called the “shameful state of affairs” of indigent defense (in the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Karen Houppert","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48284104687867,"sku":"9781620970263","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_86352bbf-8511-42b3-bc55-876922fb374d.jpg?v=1771398683","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/chasing-gideon-9781620970263","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}