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1. Gideon is one of the hallmark cases one reads in law school, and for jailhouse lawyers. It is one of those cases which gives root to a feeling that justice is possible. A feeling I assumed naively was something called patriotism.
Actually those of us in prison do feel this case is significant as it allows "some kind " of counsel vs zero representation in a foreign house. Prisoners fought hard to get counsel when it was none at all at one time
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Exactly. That's what I was getting at, above. This was a case that made me feel justice was possible. My experiences as a P.D. came when I still believed the Constitution was a document that would save us.
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