To improving the criminal Justice System. We come together once a year to talk about the issues and problems that we want to solve. This year is a particularly special summit because yesterday marked the 50th an niversary of the Supreme Court decision. One of the most significant dimensions our country. On march 16, 1963, the court said you have a right to a lawyer. Even though it had been part of the constitution as the 6th amendment for years and years it was not recognized it was a right until they said it was an obligation by the state to provide a lawyer. It never would have happened unless gideon, a drifter who had been involved convicted for robbing a pool hall. At that time unless you were charged with a capital offense, you would not be given a lawyer. You had to represent yourself. The gideon decision changed that for felony cases and that brought other cases. But this is still a basic right that we are fighting for each and every day there was a New York Times article yester
The most significant dimensions our country. On march 16, 1963, the court said you have a right to a lawyer. Even though it had been part of the constitution as the 6th amendment for years and years it was not recognized it was a right until they said it was an obligation by the state to provide a lawyer. It never would have happened unless gideon, a drifter who had been involved convicted for robbing a pool hall. At that time unless you were charged with a capital offense, you would not be given a lawyer. You had to represent yourself. The gideon decision changed that for felony cases and that brought other cases. But this is still a basic right that we are fighting for each and every day there was a New York Times article yesterday, its called the right to council. Badly battered add at 50. In miami they handle more than 550,000 cases a year. All of city and county systems that pretty much rely on local funding to provide public defenders. In kentucky, 68 percent of poor people accus
The court said you have a right to a lawyer. Even though it had been part of the constitution as the 6th amendment for years and years it was not recognized it was a right until they said it was an obligation by the state to provide a lawyer. It never would have happened unless gideon, a drifter who had been involved convicted for robbing a pool hall. At that time unless you were charged with a capital offense, you would not be given a lawyer. You had to represent yourself. The gideon decision changed that for felony cases and that brought other cases. But this is still a basic right that we are fighting for each and every day there was a New York Times article yesterday, its called the right to council. Badly battered add at 50. In miami they handle more than 550,000 cases a year. All of city and county systems that pretty much rely on local funding to provide public defenders. In kentucky, 68 percent of poor people accused of misdemeanor short up for a Court Appearance without a lawy
Said i have an announcement the decision and opinion of the court gideon against vindication for 20 years of dissent from against brady. They said we were wrong when we designed it and now we are making it right. It was complete. Not only did this belief in the 14th amendment, the court decide d in gideons favor. This system which he fought for so long in the justice. The decision was law of the land. Equal justice under law. When a Supreme Court decided the gideon case, they really brought light to that phrase. It doesnt matter if you are rich, it doesnt matter if you are poor, you get the same equal chance. Just look at what happened to gideon. The Supreme Court didnt set gideon free but it gave him a fair trial with a competent attorney. Not guilty. Clarence earl gideon was a free man. The man who won a landmark Supreme Court case went to live a normal living with a job pumping gas. When i read where it says equal justice under law, im very inspired by that. Im very comforted by tha
Statewide. Shes here to give us an update on whats happening. Thank you, public defender inviting probation for being part of this summit. I apologize for my voice. I recently made it back with china, unfortunately my voice has not made it back yet. Im very proud that our partnership in San Francisco that we realize in transforming San Francisco criminal Justice System in one that uses science base, human approaches to help people change their lives which reduces recidivism and breaking the inter generational to return. We hope to transform the criminal Justice System on a National Basis and what we are learning is San Francisco is going to help many other states in its jurisdiction to find other ways to serve justice and at the same time change lives and reduce recidivism. Our counties realignment effort which means that if we have individual treatment plans, we look at the individual and create a case plan based upon his or her needs and not taking a one side approach as we know abou