{"product_id":"9781595588920","title":"Chasing Gideon: The Elusive Quest for Poor People's Justice","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e reporter delivers a groundbreaking investigation into the nation’s crisis of indigent defense—“a hugely important book” (\u003ci\u003eNew York Law Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Nieman Report’s Top Ten Investigative Journalism Books of 2013\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e First published to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Court decision \u003ci\u003eGideon v. Wainwright\u003c\/i\u003e, which guaranteed all criminal defendants the right to legal counsel, \u003ci\u003eChasing Gideon\u003c\/i\u003e offers a personal journey through our systemic failure to fulfill this basic constitutional right. Written in the tradition of Anthony Lewis’s landmark work \u003ci\u003eGideon’s Trumpet\u003c\/i\u003e, 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” (\u003ci\u003eThe Miami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Following its publication, \u003ci\u003eChasing Gideon\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eChasing Gideon\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful book, its human stories gripping, its insight into how our law is made profound.” —Anthony Lewis, author of \u003ci\u003eGideon’s Trumpet\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"New Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166114693360,"sku":"9781595588920","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781595588920_p0.jpg?v=1769901432","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781595588920","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}