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Like most Americans, Justice Potter Stewart heartily endorsed the Supreme Court's famous decision in Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), which ordered all American courts to provide lawyers for indigent defendants-at least in the trial of felony cases. What now bothers Stewart is the court's refusal to...
When defending public figures, Williams has charged $1000 a day to appear in court, and for that reason he is often accused of ignoring the poor. "I am willing to match the record of defense of the indigent in our firm, which contains 14 members, with any comparable firm in...
Died. Anne Nichols, 69, playwright, who in 1922 wrote and produced her one success, a schmalzy-darlin' situation comedy about the marriage of a Jewish boy and a Catholic girl titled Abie's Irish Rose, which ran for a record 2,327 performances on Broadway*and earned her...
Wisconsin's "Judicare" program was adapted from the system introduced in Britain in 1950. It provides cards for the indigent that entitle them to consult private lawyers at regulated fees of $16 per hour, but not more than $300 per case. Of 86 attorney-client conferences, 57 were concerned...
Patton's ironic encounter with justice began in 1960 when he was arrested for armed robbery. Lacking bond, he stayed in jail until his trial at which, without counsel, he was found guilty and sentenced to 20 years in the state penitentiary. Three years later, when the U.S. Supreme...