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Saturday, September 24, 2011

High Court: State Must Pay For Public Defenders - Jacksonville News Story - WJXT Jacksonville

High Court: State Must Pay For Public Defenders - Jacksonville News Story - WJXT Jacksonville:
'via Blog this'  In 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court made it's landmark ruling in the Gideon v.Wainwright case which required all states to provide legal council for indigent  individuals charged with felony crimes.Then again in 1968 it expanded it's ruling to include misdemeanors as well. Since that time the State of Florida has tried many things to get around or over that legal responsibility. This latest ruling represents just one of those attempts. Perhaps now they'll accept all the collective court rulings to that cause and end. Sadly, if the Florida government had it's way, they would assemble Military Tribunals and suspend Habeas Corpus so the accused would have no rights at all. Hence, the Public Offender's Office was created in that spirit as the next best thing...
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