Bill Moyers Essay: The Hypocrisy of ‘Justice for All’
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Bill Moyers Essay: The Hypocrisy of Justice for All
March 29, 2013
Bill reports on the hypocrisy of justice for all in a society where billions are squandered for a war born in fraud while the poor are pushed aside. Turns out true justice not just the word we recite from the Pledge of Allegiance is still unaffordable for those who need it most. Bill says weve turned a deaf ear to the hopeful legacy of Gideon vs. Wainwright, the 50-year-old Supreme ruling that established the constitutional right of criminal defendants to legal representation, even if they cant pay for it.
Watch Bills conversations with civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson and journalists Martin Clancy and Tim OBrien for more insight and context on Gideon, as well as in-depth exploration of current inequalities in Americas criminal justice system.
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