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A ‘Nobody’s’ Legacy: How a Semi-literate Ex-con Changed the Legal System
Loaded on April 15, 2013
by M. Alex Johnson
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2013, page 16
by M. Alex Johnson and Vidya Rao, NBC News
Filed under:
Commentary/Reviews,
Appointment of Counsel,
Public Defenders.
Location:
United States of America.
If you've heard of Clarence Earl Gideon at all, it’s probably because of a movie you had to watch in school. He deserves better, though, because 50 years ago he fundamentally changed the American legal system and your rights if you …
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