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Posted on November 18, 2014November 25, 2014 by thjudici

Clarence Earl Gideon: Constitutional Hero

“Defending Gideon”

Defending Gideon from The Constitution Project on Vimeo.

The Office of the Public Defender, Florida’s 18th Judicial Circuit, thanks The Constitution Project for permission to use “Defending Gideon”. This film is copyrighted by “The Constitution Project”.

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