Chasing Gideon: The Elusive Quest for Poor People's Justice

by Karen Houppert

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595588698
• ISBN13: 9781595588692
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"