Justice and the Poor

Duration: 60

Year Published: 1967

Creator: WNET/13

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Reports on the inequities in the present justice system. Reasserts that the poor receive callous treatment from the police, are penalized by the bail system, and seldom can obtain the services of a qualified lawyer. Documents attempts to remedy these situations including bail reforms in New York and the use of a computer in Houston to match good lawyers with indigents.

Complete Record: Reports on the inequities in the present justice system. Reasserts that the poor receive callous treatment from the police, are penalized by the bail system, and seldom can obtain the services of a qualified lawyer. Documents attempts to remedy these situations including bail reforms in New York and the use of a computer in Houston to match good lawyers with indigents., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.