Where and when was the concept of creating a public defenders program first introduced? At Gideon’s first appeal hearing At Gideon’s first appeal hearing By the US Congress in 1963 as part of the Criminal Justice Act By the US Congress in 1963 as part of the Criminal Justice Act At a session of the Congress of Jurisprudence and Law Reform at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893 At a session of the Congress of Jurisprudence and Law Reform at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893 At a conference in Disneyland in 1922