Chasing Gideon

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 Gideon offers a personal journey through our systemic failure to