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 ...
Lawyers are personally responsible for the quality of representation they provide. Public defenders — those who provide criminal defense to indigent defendants — are, like their colleagues in private ...
The Supreme Court's 1963 decision in Gideon v. Wainwright is a pledge of equal justice under the law. It's up to us to uphold it. A mural in the Empire State Plaza Concourse is seen in this March 18, ...
Like most Americans, Justice Potter Stewart heartily endorsed the Supreme Court’s famous decision in Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), which ordered all American courts to provide lawyers for indigent ...
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 ...
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