ALJAZAM Ali Velshi On Target November 2, 2015
Against you in a court of law, you have the right to an attorney yoi, if you cant afford an attorney, one will be appointed to you. Its the last line that i want to talk to you with, the public defender for those that cant afford a lawyer. It starts with clarence gideon, a drifter arrested in 1961. He was charged with breaking into a pool hall and stealing. He was sentenced to five years in prison. A man with an 8th grade education appealed. He argued his right to council was violated. The Supreme Court ruled in his favour in gideon versus wainwright, in 1963. The reason all today have the rig...