Gideon v. Wainwright at 60: This is why it matters for Delaware | Opinion
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 9 months 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· 9 months agoNational Public Defense Day is commemorated every year on March 18. On that day in 1963, the United...
Public Defender Office hosting Gideon Week to mark major 1963 U.S. Supreme Court ruling
TCPalm | Treasure Coast Newspapers via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAll this week the 19th Judicial Circuit Public Defender Office is celebrating Gideon Week to mark...
Feds pick Miami to roll out effort to help indigent get better access to lawyers
Miami Herald via AOL· 9 months agoUnlike the rich, most people accused of breaking the law need a public defender or a private...
'Right to an attorney' only goes so far. Our war on crime leaves injustice in its wake.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSixty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court's Gideon v. Wainwright decision established one of the most...
Somerset DPA celebrates anniversary with open house
Commonwealth Journal, Somerset, Ky. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMar. 19—The Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy's Somerset office opened their doors Friday afternoon to mark two special anniversaries. The open house first celebrated National Public Defender's ...
Opinion: Public defender office not 'public pretenders' anymore
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 9 months agoYou may not realize it, but your local public defender office is making a big difference in the...
'Invisible' crisis: Public defenders still underfunded, understaffed 60 years after key SCOTUS...
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoMuch of the nation’s public defense practice for the poor remains plagued by inadequate funding,...
Opinion: Inappropriate attacks on Ketanji Brown Jackson ignore the Constitution
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRegardless of political affiliation or judicial philosophy, the attacks that are beginning on...
Gideon’s Day 60th Anniversary Celebration is March 18, 2023
Amarillo Globe-News via Yahoo News· 9 months 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 ...