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10th annual public defenders summit. Im so excited to be here today. Our office has been putting on this summit for the past 10 years. We draw together attorneys, community leaders, nonprofit leaders and directors and people committed 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 m...

At life. It was a constitutional hero, but the cases that come to the court dont come from the winners in society. They come from the losers. Clarence gideon was involved in the Justice System since he was a kid. He had been getting in trouble. Trouble seemed to find gideon. Literally small change had gone miss ing from this cigarette machine, maybe 5 total. Thats the pool hall there on the bottom. Some wine, some beer and a few bottles of cocacola were gone. The witnesses saw gideon that night ...

And investigations. I would like to thank all the volunteers who made this possible. Kathy, angela and everyone else who helped out today. I want to express my gratitude to the San Francisco library for the last ten years and there is San Francisco government tv and this is going to be broadcast throughout the year. So thank you. I would like to thank julie tron from the Bar Association. The Bar Association has been our partners in terms of providing defense for poor people. In cases where the p...

Today i really want to share with you in the celebration and recognition of the 50th anniversary, im going to ask you to come up here, jeff. Look at him. This is amazing, everyone. But today is march 18, 2013. Today marks the 50th anniversary United States courts decision that someone should be defended at no cost. Where journalist and concerned citizens will gather at the San Francisco public defenders 2013 justice summit on march 19 to discuss ways to better fulfill gideons promise justice for...

Allowing me to speak. [ applause ] next its a great honor to present supervisor cohen to present a proclamation to us. Supervisor cohen represents the district 10. Which includes bay view Hunters Point and hill. Hey, everyone good morning. How are my justice fighters doing out there . Today is invigorating and enlighten you to make sure we have social justice everywhere. I represent bay view and porter hill. So today i really want to share with you in the celebration and recognition of the 50th ...

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 give...

10th annual public defenders summit. Im so excited to be here today. Our office has been putting on this summit for the past 10 years. We draw together attorneys, community leaders, nonprofit leaders and directors and people committed 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 m...

Gideon,000 this was unfair. By asking the court to appoint a lawyer, gideon thought he had the right to counsel. This right is a basic right to in in in the constitution because the threat that is presented by imprisonment and even execution is a threat that the government should allow to have. Gideon had to represent himself because the state of florida denied a lawyer. The entire trial lasted a day before he was found guilty and sentenced to the maximum to 5 years. The last days end here walki...

Happened on lessons of safety. We say defend yourself. Scream. Kick. What we tell you not to do to your friends it is okay when a stranger tries to take you away. The suspect is hispanic man between 20 and 30. 5 6 with a thin build. The mother says the man smelled like motor oil. She will walk with authorities today to provide them with more information for a possible sketch. This morning, the wife of a man found shot to Death Outside a home in san jose is begging people for help to find his kil...

Live from the kgo Broadcast Center at abc7 news. I am kristen sze. The search is on for a stranger who tried to kidnap a san jose toddler from her mother. It happened in East San Jose yesterday on dayo court. Our reporter is live at San Jose Police headquarters. You talk to those whose to the victim . Yes, kristen. The toddler will be okay. Police are very concerned. They want to find the attempted kidnapping suspect. And get him off the streets. Childrens toys are sitting on the front page at h...