{"product_id":"9781620970263","title":"Chasing Gideon: The Elusive Quest for Poor People's Justice","description":"\u003cp\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.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\/p\u003e","brand":"New Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47976921727216,"sku":"9781620970263","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781620970263_p0.jpg?v=1763855556","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781620970263","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}