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Chasing Gideon
Karen Houppert
其他書名
The Elusive Quest for Poor People's Justice
出版
New Press, The
, 2010-08-10
主題
Law / Court Rules
Law / Criminal Law / General
Political Science / Public Policy / General
ISBN
1595588922
9781595588920
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=6g6NAgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
EBook
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註釋
The
Washington Post
reporter delivers a groundbreaking investigation into the nation’s crisis of indigent defense—“a hugely important book” (
New York Law Journal
).
A Nieman Report’s Top Ten Investigative Journalism Books of 2013
First published to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Court decision
Gideon v. Wainwright
, which guaranteed all criminal defendants the right to legal counsel,
Chasing Gideon
offers a personal journey through our systemic failure to fulfill this basic constitutional right. Written in the tradition of Anthony Lewis’s landmark work
Gideon’s Trumpet
, it focuses on the stories of four defendants in four states—Washington, Florida, Louisiana, and Georgia—that are emblematic of nationwide problems. Revealing and disturbing, it is “a book of nightmares” because it shows that the “‘justice system’ that too often produces the exact opposite of what its name suggests, particularly for its most vulnerable constituents” (
The Miami Herald
).
Following its publication,
Chasing Gideon
became an integral part of a growing national conversation about how to reform indigent defense in America and inspired an HBO documentary as well as the resource website GideonAt50.org.
“
Chasing Gideon
is a wonderful book, its human stories gripping, its insight into how our law is made profound.” —Anthony Lewis, author of
Gideon’s Trumpet
