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A profile interview of Shon Hopwood, a convicted felon who became a Georgetown University Law Center professor. Sentenced prison for bank robbery in 1999 at age 23, Hopwood became a jailhouse lawyer and found success after a case he filed for a fellow inmate for appeal was heard by the Supreme Court...

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Other Authors: Kroft, Steve (Interviewer), Gavrilovic, Maria (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: New York, NY : Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2017.
Series:60 Minutes
Subjects:
Hopwood, Shon.
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Summary:A profile interview of Shon Hopwood, a convicted felon who became a Georgetown University Law Center professor. Sentenced prison for bank robbery in 1999 at age 23, Hopwood became a jailhouse lawyer and found success after a case he filed for a fellow inmate for appeal was heard by the Supreme Court. Includes interviews with: Seth Waxman, appellate lawyer and former US solicitor general; Andy Cockle and Trish Billotte, owners of Cockle Legal Printing; Professor Steven Goldblatt, faculty director of Supreme Court Institute, Georgetown Law; Ann Marie Metzner, Hopwood's wife.
Physical Description:1 online resource (14 minutes)
Playing Time:00:13:35