From a Florida prison cell in June 1962, Clarence Earl Gideon wrote a note asking the United States Supreme Court to review his conviction for a crime he said he didn’t commit. He added that he didn’t have the means to hire a lawyer. One year later, in the historic case of Gideon v. Wainright, the Supreme Court ruled that people who…
From a Florida prison cell in June 1962, Clarence Earl Gideon wrote a note asking the United States Supreme Court to review his conviction for a crime he said he didn’t commit. He added that he didn’t have the means to hire a lawyer. One year later, in the historic case of Gideon v. Wainright, the Supreme Court ruled that people who…
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