Word: counsel
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Atlanta's Martin Luther King Jr. flew into New York to lend his counsel in easing the city's racial trouble. Before long, local Negro leaders were complaining publicly that King had ignored them and. anyway, that he was not speaking for them. Nonetheless, King and Mayor Robert Wagner met five times in four days. Not much of substance came out of the meetings. But King's trip was not entirely fruitless: while in town he joined other national civil rights generals in a summit conference. At the end, N.A.A.C.P. Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins released a statement...
...Viet Cong assassinated 13,000 village leaders. With the infiltration of cadres from the north and the brainwashing of village youths, the guerrillas' ranks grew. Washington responded to Diem's requests for help by expanding the military advisory mission in Saigon and later sending its men to counsel the Vietnamese in the field...
...years the Sixth Amendment has guaranteed that every person accused of a crime shall have "the assist ance of counsel for his defense." Yet millions of Americans have been largely or wholly deprived of that right. For one thing, the Sixth Amendment was long held to apply only to the federal courts. State courts were allowed to settle for lower standards, and the poverty of most criminal defendants only made matters worse. Each year 300,000 persons are charged with serious crimes in state courts, said a recent American Bar Association report. "At least half of these persons cannot afford...
...Defense counsel Edward Barshak said last night that Judge Parker was concerned with setting the record straight concerning the police's conduct, and after a 40 minute meeting with the attorneys agreed to dismiss the case if such a statement were signed...
Twenty-five minutes after he arrived at the freedom school, Cummings was arrested on charges of reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident. A charge of obstructing justice was tagged on later when Cummings refused to answer questions until he had the right of counsel...