Word: gideons
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...seen those bright-eyed representatives from the Gideon Bible company standing inside the Yard gates and handing out pocket-sized scriptures. Some of us may have dismissed the whole evangelical enterprise as a nuisance or an embarrassing anachronism, while others may have admired the distributors' optimistic zeal...
...Indiana school district was charged with such a violation by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit because the schools permitted the distribution of literature by Gideon Bible representatives as well as by representatives of the Boy Scouts and the 4-H Club. The school officials felt that allowing students access to the Scouts and 4-H but not the Gideons was discrimination. They tried to appeal the verdict but were denied permission by the Supreme Court...
...declared the state's indigent-defense system unconstitutional. The ruling is now on appeal before the Louisiana Supreme Court. "This is a test of whether there is justice in the United States," Teissier says. "If you're only going to pay it lip service then get rid of Gideon...
Thirty years ago last week, the Supreme Court unanimously voted in favor of Clarence Earl Gideon, an uneducated gambler and petty thief who insisted on his right to legal counsel. "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," wrote Justice Hugo Black. "This seems to us to be an obvious truth." Over the next two decades the court expanded the protection to apply to all criminal cases and stressed that the representation must be "effective." But today, as defenders of indigents handle...
...best public defender programs in the country, salaries start at $42,000 and go as high as $97,000. A staff of 570 lawyers juggles roughly 80,000 cases a year. The work is often thankless, but every so often a case upholds the promise of Gideon. Earlier this month Frank White, 36, a tall, muscular man covered with tattoos, landed in L.A. County court, accused of murdering a tiny Korean woman with his bare fists. White, diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, refused to take his medication and grew angry when the deputies would not remove his handcuffs. White glared...