{"product_id":"chasing-gideon-karen-houppert-9781620970263","title":"Chasing Gideon: The Elusive Quest for Poor People's Justice","description":"First 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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karen Houppert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1620970260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620970263\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.80w x 0.90d","brand":"Karen Houppert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939290972415,"sku":"9781620970263","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6b46fca7-7e0e-4dbd-9c49-99457fe3772f.jpg?v=1681440633","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chasing-gideon-karen-houppert-9781620970263","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}