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Judge Rakoff Challenges Sentencing Guidelines: Upholding the Sixth Amendment
US District Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Southern District of New York issued a decision in United States v. Tavberidze, holding ...
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Right-to-Counsel Clause
The modern law interpreting the Right to Counsel Clause really begins with the 1963 decision in Gideon v. Wainwright, holding that the Fourteenth Amendment incorporates Sixth Amendment’s ...
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Judge rules Maine denied 6th Amendment rights to low-income defendants
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Importance of the 6th Amendment
As we celebrate the 230th anniversary of the adoption of the United States Constitution, I would like to share my thoughts about one particular right that has defined my career. The 6th Amendment ...
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Sixth Amendment/Right to Counsel
What are records? Since 2014, The Marshall Project has been curating some of the best criminal justice reporting from around the web. In these records you will find the most recent and the most ...
Maine judge hands down order in case over violation of indigent defendant’s Sixth Amendment rights
The order states the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services must provide continuous legal representation to people who are charged with a crime and present a plan to the court on how it will do ...