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And david ignatius. In a few minutes president carter will be in the next room signing his books. Thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] fort myers, florida on booktv. The city of palms, fort myers is noted for its beaches including. The river itself first became a boundary back in the 1830s and at that time we had the second seminole war going on. President Martin Van Buren has become very concerned about the cost of the war so he sent general alexander make room, who was the Commanding Officer of the entire United States army at that point down to florida with the orders t...

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 h...

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 provid...

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 ar...

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 public defender is not able to provide representation, those cases are handled by the private bar and they are doing an incredible job. So thank you very much for that. I want to thank jose as a who is a public defender and here to celebrate with us. We are going to start today by showing a brief video explaining the gideon decisions take this empty lot. Today you would never know it but history was made here. Mostly all is gone and so a...