Chasing Gideon : the elusive quest for poor people's justice / Karen Houppert.
Publisher's description: On March 18, 1963, in one of its most significant legal decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Gideon v. Wainwright that all defendants facing significant jail time have the constitutional right to a free attorney if they cannot afford their own. Fifty y...
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New York :
The New Press,
[2013]
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Table of Contents:
- Due process theater : a case of vehicular homicide
- "I have no counsel" : the man behind Gideon v. Wainwright
- A perfect storm : looking for justice in New Orleans
- Death in Georgia : a capital offense.