50 Years of the Right to Counsel
Photograph of Clarence Earl Gideon
"Any person haled into court, who is too poor
to hire a lawyer, cannot be assured a fair trial unless counsel
is provided for him. This seems to us to be an obvious
truth."
Gideon v. Wainwright
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Ohio courts shouldn’t bring back debtors’ prisons
(The Toledo Blade ©
5/11/2013)
When defendants can’t pay court
costs , some judges jail them; these practices are
inhumane, discriminatory, and a waste of tax money.
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Attorneys question possible connections to Ariel Castro
of 1980 murder of West Side girl
(The Plain Dealer ©
5/9/2013)
Attorneys who maintain that Orlando
"Chico" Morales was wrongfully convicted in 1981 for the
kidnapping, rape and murder of a Cleveland 14-year-old
girl say this week's charges against Ariel Castro made
them ponder possible connections to the old case.
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Samuel Hamilton Porter | 1927-2013: Attorney earned
respect of those he met
(The Columbus Dispatch © 5/8/2013)
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Samuel Hamilton Porter, 85, an
active member of the central Ohio legal community for 60
years, died Sunday after suffering a stroke three weeks
ago.
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Why You're in Deep Trouble If You Can't Afford a Lawyer
(MotherJones.com ©
5/6/2013)
In January 1962, a man sitting in a
Florida prison cell scrawled a note to the United States
Supreme Court. He'd been charged with breaking into a
pool hall, stealing some Cokes, beer, and change, and
was handed a five-year sentence after he represented
himself because he couldn't pay for a lawyer.
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Death Row inmate wins case for new DNA testing
(The Columbus Dispatch © 5/3/2013)
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Convicted inmates still trying to
prove their innocence from Death Row and elsewhere in
Ohio’s prison system received an assist from the Ohio
Supreme Court yesterday.
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Ex-inmates say innocent men remain on Death Row
(The Columbus Dispatch ©
4/12/2013)
Derrick Jamison has moved to
Louisiana since his 2005 release from Ohio’s Death Row.
But the former Cincinnati resident said he is compelled
to return by memories of the men he saw put to death
during the 20 years he spent behind bars after being
wrongly convicted.
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