A local historian claims there is a secret behind the landmark Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright. The 1963 case established that states must provide legal counsel to defendants who cannot afford ...
A historical account suggests a disgraced former judge helped Clarence Earl Gideon write his landmark Supreme Court appeal.
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 ...