☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Gideon v. Wainwright (Detail)

The 1963 decision holding that the Sixth Amendment requires states to provide counsel to criminal defendants who cannot afford an attorney — the foundation of the public defender system.

Category: Landmark Cases · Source: Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963)
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