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    revenge. 4. Prosecutors have __Restrictions_____ from lawsuits arising from charging suspects with crimes. 5. _____Prosecutors_____ perform a valuable function; they reinforce the notion that a crime is an offense against the state. 6. In Oyler v. Boles the Supreme Court held that selective prosecution violates the ___________Equal Protection Clause________________. 7. Joinder refers to multiple charges and/or multiple _Individuals___. 8. The framers favored _____Grand Jury Indictments_________

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    Gideon's Trumpet Analysis

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    Everyday people around the nation are brought to trial. The litigants may or may not have sufficient resources‚ but are still entitled to a fair trial under the Sixth Amendment. Clarence Earl Gideon was accused of felony by the state of Florida and did not have the money for attorney representation. Instead‚ Gideon had to approach the Florida court system blinded by the rules of litigation and unaware of the processes of making an argument. He was helpless and could not win the battle‚ eventually being

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    Gideon's Trumpet

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    tells the story behind the 1963 landmark court case of Gideon vs. Wainwright. Produced in 1980 by Hallmark Hall of Fame production and directed by Robert L. Collins‚ "Gideon’s Trumpet” tells the story behind a basic right most Americans now take for granted: the right to a lawyer. The movie stars Henry Fonda as Clarence Earl Gideon‚ José Ferrer as Abe Fortas and John Houseman as the chief justice. The movie begins with Clarence Earl Gideon (Fonda) being arrested in Florida on charges of robbery

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    Right To Counsel

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    does not receive adequate defense without having the assistance of counsel. In the twentieth century‚ the development of the right to counsel mainly focused on the issues of whether the state had to pay for the poor’s attorney. With the case of Powell v. Alabama‚ the court found that free counsel had to be provided as well. The Sixth Amendment of the right to counsel prior to the initiation process‚ individuals has a right to counsel‚ which is the Fifth Amendment right. Zalman (2008) stated” Counsel

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    Defense Attorneys

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    to as retained counsel. * Court appointed counsel. * Public defenders The Sixth Amendment assures the right to an attorney: * Powell v. Alabama (1932) * State right to an attorney in capital cases. * Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) * State right to an attorney in all felony cases. * Argersinger v. Hamlin (1972) * State right to an attorney when faced with potential imprisonment. * In re Gault (1967) * State right to an attorney given to

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    Trumpet (a true story from the US landmark case Gideon vs Wainwright‚1)‚ was the sad plight and triumph of Clarence Earl Gideon‚ charged in a Florida State Court with a non-capital felony‚ breaking and entering a pool room. He appeared without funds and without counsel and asked the Court to appoint counsel for him‚ but this was denied on the ground that the state law permitted appointment of counsel for indigent defendants in capital cases only. Gideon conducted his own defense (pro se) about as

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    Gideon's Trumpet

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    Chapter 1 describes Gideon�s claim to the Supreme Court (hereafter simply the Court).Gideon petitioned the Court in forma pauperis‚ in the manner of a pauper.An in forma pauperis petition exempts indigent plaintiffs without having to pay the normal fees associated with the petitioning the Court and also provides for wide discretion in the filing of affidavits for the Court.Lewis states that the Court�s �Rule 53 allows an impoverished person to file just one copy of a petition‚ instead of the forty

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    Gideon Vs Wainwright Case

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    case in 1963 Gideon’s Vs. Wainwright‚ many people haven’t heard about this case because it was so long ago and it wasn’t that big of a case. Gideon’s VS. Wainwright is a case that happened on June 3‚ 1961 about a young man named Clarence Earl Gideon. The report says that between midnight and eight A.M there was a burglary that happened at the bay harbor pool room in Panama City‚ Florida. There was word that a lot of different things got broken that night and money

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    Cited: Beilke‚ Dustin. (1999). No Equal Justice: Race and Class in the American Criminal Justice System. Retrieved on March‚ 16‚ 2007 from Thompson Gale database. Author Unknown. Clarence Earl Gideon. Retrieved on March 16‚ 2007 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Earl_Gideon Author Unknown Author Unknown. (2004) Racial Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System. (P. 57-66). Retrieved on March 20‚ 2007 from http://www.sagepub.co.uk/upm-data/5143_Banks_II_Proof_Chapter_3

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    Education for All

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    that they can choose based on their poor education. This is why; I believe a properly funded education is vital for everyone to have in the workforce. One of the areas that a state focuses their budget on is education. This was first stated in Brown v Board of Education. In the 1950s‚ many schools would not allow students to go to their school based on their color. In Brown case‚ the Court ruled to allow to all student to attend any school regardless of their color. In the Court opinion‚ it stated

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