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Public Defender Office hosting Gideon Week to mark major 1963 U.S. Supreme Court ruling
TCPalm | Treasure Coast Newspapers via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAll this week the 19th Judicial Circuit Public Defender Office is celebrating Gideon Week to mark...
Gideon v. Wainwright at 60: This is why it matters for Delaware | Opinion
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFor years the popular belief has been, if you’re charged with a crime, the last person you want...
Should people too poor to hire a lawyer fend for themselves? Of course not | Opinion
Modesto Bee via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNational Public Defense Day is commemorated every year on March 18. On that day in 1963, the United...
'Right to an attorney' only goes so far. Our war on crime leaves injustice in its wake.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSixty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court's Gideon v. Wainwright decision established one of the most...
"Deadlocked" director Dawn Porter: "This very radical conservative Supreme Court is not an accident"
Salon via Yahoo News· 7 months agoSupreme Court Justices Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images The foundation of America...
Stacked elections aren’t free elections. Not even if the NC Supreme Court majority thinks so. |...
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe political activists and legal eagles among us will recall that at the beginning of the summer...
Feds pick Miami to roll out effort to help indigent get better access to lawyers
Miami Herald via AOL· 1 year agoUnlike the rich, most people accused of breaking the law need a public defender or a private...
'Invisible' crisis: Public defenders still underfunded, understaffed 60 years after key SCOTUS...
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMuch of the nation’s public defense practice for the poor remains plagued by inadequate funding,...
Gideon’s Day 60th Anniversary Celebration is March 18, 2023
Amarillo Globe-News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSchool, TV, and movies have taught us about the Police reading you your rights. We hear them being quoted all the time when someone gets arrested. “You have the right to remain silent. Anything ...
Immigrants are excluded from the right to legal representation. It's time to change that.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 month agoIbrahima Keita waited outside the immigration court for hours, but his attorney never came to...