Fifty years ago one of three landmark cases in our Constitutional history took place. Gideon vs. Wainwright that took place in 1963 was a case fought between Clarence Earl Gideon and Louie L. Wainwright, a judge and member of the Supreme Court. Gideon was charged with breaking into Bay Harbor Pool Room in Panama City, Florida and entering with intent to commit petty larceny, a crime where someone steals someone else’s property. In court, Gideon asked for someone to represent him. The courts denied him a lawyer informing him that since he wasn’t being charged with a capital offense, the state of Florida could not grant him a representative. Gideon was eventually sentenced to five years in state prison for being found guilty according to the
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Arizona (1966) and Escobedo vs. Illinois (1964). Miranda vs. Arizona is a case where Ernesto Miranda was arrested for being connected to kidnapping and raping an eighteen year old woman days prior to his arrest. In the time of arrest, the cops never informed Miranda his right: the right to counsel. Miranda had written a confession to the rape where it was used against him during court. The court found Miranda guilty of rape and kidnapping and was sentenced to twenty to thirty years of prison for each charge. Miranda’s appointed lawyer Alvin Moore filed his appeal and in it stating that Miranda was never told about his right to counsel. When getting arrested, the accused has the right to be informed by the law (cops) that they are privileged to talk to an attorney before questioning and after it as well. Also, the accused has the right to not expose his self before the police start questioning. Finally, to make sure the accused understands them and can overlook it anytime. For this reason the court overruled his …show more content…
“The kind of people justice receives depends very much on the amount of money they have.” This is from Fifty years of Defiance and Resistance after Gideon vs. Wainwright. Everything comes down to money. When someone with money or a good economic state is arrested, they immediately get a lawyer and the lawyer then does anything in their power to release the person from jail as soon as possible so that the accused can still be able to get back to work and resume their life until it’s time to face court. Also when someone is released from jail after spending a period of time in prison, they still have to go through the trouble of whether they’ll be deported, or their right to vote has been taken away, etc. The Amendment that is supposed to protect them is being violated from the system that’s supposed to bring
Arizona (1966) and Escobedo vs. Illinois (1964). Miranda vs. Arizona is a case where Ernesto Miranda was arrested for being connected to kidnapping and raping an eighteen year old woman days prior to his arrest. In the time of arrest, the cops never informed Miranda his right: the right to counsel. Miranda had written a confession to the rape where it was used against him during court. The court found Miranda guilty of rape and kidnapping and was sentenced to twenty to thirty years of prison for each charge. Miranda’s appointed lawyer Alvin Moore filed his appeal and in it stating that Miranda was never told about his right to counsel. When getting arrested, the accused has the right to be informed by the law (cops) that they are privileged to talk to an attorney before questioning and after it as well. Also, the accused has the right to not expose his self before the police start questioning. Finally, to make sure the accused understands them and can overlook it anytime. For this reason the court overruled his …show more content…
“The kind of people justice receives depends very much on the amount of money they have.” This is from Fifty years of Defiance and Resistance after Gideon vs. Wainwright. Everything comes down to money. When someone with money or a good economic state is arrested, they immediately get a lawyer and the lawyer then does anything in their power to release the person from jail as soon as possible so that the accused can still be able to get back to work and resume their life until it’s time to face court. Also when someone is released from jail after spending a period of time in prison, they still have to go through the trouble of whether they’ll be deported, or their right to vote has been taken away, etc. The Amendment that is supposed to protect them is being violated from the system that’s supposed to bring