Gideon V. Wainwright: The Right to Free Legal Counsel
Book Description
Unable to pay for a lawyer, a man arrested for breaking and entering was forced to defend himself in court, resulting in a sentence of five years in prison. Was this fair? That question took Gideon v. Wainwright all the way to the Supreme Court, where it was decided that state courts should be required to provide attorneys to defendants in criminal cases who cannot afford their own. As stated by J... More
Book Information
Publisher | Chelsea House Publishers |
Binding | Library Binding |
Reading Level | Young Adults |
# of Pages | 112 |
ISBN-10 | 0791093832 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0791093832 |
Publication Date | 05/01/2007 |
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About Tim McNeese (Editor) : Tim McNeese appeared on the History Channel in February, 2006, on the program, Risk Takers, History Makers: John Wesley Powell and the Grand Canyon. On the progam, he served as the contributing histor... more
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