This year marks six decades since the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright, a decision that forever altered the landscape of the American system of justice. The promise of Gideon was ...
Sixty years ago today, the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in Gideon v. Wainwright. The court held that states must abide by the Sixth Amendment and that those whose liberty is threatened ...
March 18 is the anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright, a case from 1963 in which the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that every person accused of a crime in America must be provided with legal ...