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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...
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...
Fearing a 'crisis,' Erie County courts plead for money for lawyers who represent the poor
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe Erie County Court of Common Pleas wants to avoid another situation like the one that led to the...
'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,...
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...
How Sixth Amendment eventually led Tennessee to create a public defender system | Opinion
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 12 months agoEditor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. I served four years active duty ...
Today in History: March 18, Hitler and Mussolini join forces
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoToday in History Today is Saturday, March 18, the 77th day of 2023. There are 288 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On March 18, 1940, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met ...
Preparation key for Marion County Circuit Court Judge candidate
Times West Virginian, Fairmont via Yahoo News· 1 month agoMar. 22—FAIRMONT — The legal profession necessarily creates a flood of paperwork. Reading copious amounts of legal filings, briefs, decisions and orders is an unavoidable requirement. And when ...
