Swampy’s #Florida says Happy Anthony Lewis’ Birthday!
Anthony Lewis wrote many books, but one was significant for us in Florida. That book is ‘Gideon’s Trumpet’. ‘Gideon Trumpet’ tells the story of Clarence Gideon of Panama City and his battle in court that led to a change in law due to a decision in the case by the Supreme Court. The case made it possible for a poor person to have a lawyer with them in court despite their inability to pay for one.
Wikipedia, despite it’s typical questionable reliability, does have a very good synopsis of the court case story –
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_v._Wainwright
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