Below are some representative stories covering the Gideon Anniversary -
A Promise Worth Keeping: Restoring Fairness to America's Justice ...
Huffington Post (blog)-by Jonathon Rapping
Today we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright, the U.S. Supreme Court case that ruled that every accused person be ...
How Americans Lost the Right to Counsel
The Atlantic-Mar 13, 2013
Exactly 50 years ago, on March 18, 1963, the United States Supreme Court unanimously announced in Gideon v. Wainwright that the Sixth ...
When a Minister Is Murdered, There Is No Right to Counsel
The Atlantic-Mar 7, 2013
That's the message the Supreme Court is sending as we approach the 50th anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright, a famous defendants' rights ...
You have the right to counsel. Or do you?
USA TODAY-Mar 12, 2013
It was in his case, Gideon v. Wainwright, that the Supreme Court ruled 50 years ago this month that everyone accused of a serious crime has a ...
Too Many Still Wait to Hear Gideon's Trumpet
Huffington Post (blog)
Fifty years ago, 52-year old drifter Clarence Earl Gideon
was prosecuted, convicted, and sentenced without a lawyer to five years
imprisonment for stealing bottled drinks and vending machine coins from
a pool hall in Panama City, Florida. Mr. Gideon's appeal ...
Gideon v. Wainright 50th Anniversary: Serious Problems Persist In Indigent ...
Huffington Post
WASHINGTON -- It is not the happiest of birthdays for the landmark
Supreme Court decision that, a half-century ago, guaranteed a lawyer for
criminal defendants who are too poor to afford one. A unanimous high
court issued its decision in Gideon v.
'Gideon' at 50 and the right to counsel: Their words
CNN
Washington (CNN) -- Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Gideon
v Wainwright in which the justices unanimously affirmed a
constitutional right to a lawyer for criminal defendants too poor to
afford one. Much has ...
A 'nobody's' legacy: How a semi-literate ex-con changed the legal system
NBCNews.com (blog)
If you've heard of Clarence Earl Gideon
at all, it's probably because of a movie you had to watch in school. He
deserves better, though, because 50 years ago Monday he fundamentally
changed the American legal system and your rights if you are accused of ...
Gideon's Muted Trumpet
New York Times
After Gideon,
things got better for poor defendants in the short term. Thousands who
had not had lawyers at trial were released from jail. Many states and
localities created public defenders' offices. But political and legal
developments soon eroded those ...
