Lawcast 130: Gideon: A Public Defender (2)
Today I am, talking to Gideon – the nom de plume of the author of a Public Defender, one of the leading criminal law blogs in the United States. I did a podcast with Gideon some time ago. Today we’re going to look at the influence of the Supreme Court on criminal law, catch up with the latest developments in Gideon’s role as a public defender and look at the conduct of a trial; in court. Gideon is a campaigner for the abolition of the death penalty in the United States – so we’ll have a look at if there is any change likely under or during the Obama presidency
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[…] the magistrate who resigned after a fellow magistrate complained about his Twittering and with Gideon, the author of the Public Defender blog. Both were fun to do and we covered a lot of […]