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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...
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...
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 ...
'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,...
Bridges: Thomas Campbell Clark, the Texan on the U.S. Supreme Court
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThomas Campbell Clark played an important role in shaping many of the civil liberties Americans...
UA prof: Defendants representing themselves have 'fool for a client — most of the time'
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThose trained in the legal profession often point to a famous Abraham Lincoln quote when discussing...
"Deadlocked" director Dawn Porter: "This very radical conservative Supreme Court is not an accident"
Salon via Yahoo News· 6 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· 8 months agoThe political activists and legal eagles among us will recall that at the beginning of the summer...