From the story: That same month, Thomas tore into another venerated precedent: Gideon v. Wainwright, which requires states to provide public defenders to indigent defendants under the Sixth Amendment. “History… https://www.instagram.com/p/BzVdlxAg7TP/?igshid=11kdlrh1qwns0 …
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5. The state was determined to inflict death, come hell or high water, even as their electric chair malfunctioned, and souls were tortured. Gideon spawned their right to collateral counsel. It hung by a thread, as it was. These are sad days. Getting worse.
