Neither equal nor just: the rationing and denial of legal services to the poor when life and liberty are at stake

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Many states continue to deny impoverished criminal defendants and convicted criminals their constitutional right to adequate legal counsel despite the Supreme Court's landmark 1963 Gideon v. Wainwright decision, which held that a poor person facing felony charges cannot be assured a fair trial unless an attorney is provided for him. Defendants are often given attorneys who are inexperienced or incompetent and many prisoners are denied any representation. Individual lawyers who zealously represent poor clients set the example for realizing the goal of equal representation for rich and poor alike.

United States, Analysis, Right to counsel, Legal assistance to prisoners, Prisoner's legal assistance

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Success in New Jersey: using the charitable turst doctrine to preserve women's reproductive services when hospitals become Catholic

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When secular and Catholic hospitals merge, reproductive services to women are often ended. In some locations, charitable trust laws have been used to force such hospitals to fund continued services, but local and state governments should be more sensitive to these concerns.

Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Acquisitions and mergers, Hospitals, Charitable trusts, Abortion, Catholic hospitals

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