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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 public defender is not able to provide representation, those cases are handled by the private bar and...

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 most significant dimensions our country. On march 16, 1963, the court said you have a right to a lawy...

Our next graduate, angela garape. Ms. Garape, congratulations. applause and our next graduate, anye she. Ms. She, congratulations. applause ladies and gentlemen, give it up for the class of 2013 [cheering and applauding] can you guys stand up . Stand up, show us, yeah [cheering and applauding] we have one more graduate i want to bring down. Mr. Landsers, willie landers, come on down. [cheering and applauding] ~ [cheering and applauding] another one . One more, one more. Wait a minute, they keep coming. They keep coming. More and more graduates. Mr. Eldon, andrei eldon. My bad, andrei hilton. C...

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 tha...

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 most significant dimensions our country. On march 16, 1963, the court said you have a right to a lawy...