Texas Indigent Defense Commission| Symposium on Indigent Defense, October 27, 2011

 


Texas Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright - March 18, 2013 (link to agenda).

See also links to House and Senate Resolutions commemorating the 50th anniversary of landmark Supreme Court decision in Gideon v. Wainwright: HR808 (and archive video, go to 45:25-51:16) and SR479 (and archive video, go to 5:05-11:15)
Video Files for Download/Viewing
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Video 1: Opening remarks
Presenters: Lydia Clay-Jackson, Criminal Defense Attorney and TCDLA President; the Honorable Sharon Keller, Presiding Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and chairman of the Texas Indigent Defense Commission

 25 MB
Thumbnail of Summary video Video 2: Right to Counsel in Texas and the passage of the Fair Defense Act of 2001
Presenter: The Honorable Rodney Ellis, Texas State Senator		 24.9 MB
Thumbnail of Summary video Video 3: Comments from the U.S. Department of Justice
Presenter: Deborah Leff, Acting Senior Counselor for Access to Justice at the US Department of Justice		 24 MB
Thumbnail of Summary video Video 4: Why the Right to Counsel Matters
Presenter: Buck Files, President of the State Bar of Texas, Criminal Defense Attorney		 38.9 MB
Thumbnail of Summary video Video 5: Exonerations in Texas
Presenters: Cory Session, brother of Tim Cole; exonerees		 22.6 MB
Thumbnail of Summary video Video 6: Remembering Gideon and the Path Forward
Presenter: Professor Bruce Jacob, former Assistant Attorney General whose biggest case was Gideon v. Wainwright. He is currently Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law at Stetson University College of Law		 87.1 MB


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Updated: 22-Mar-2013