Thesis: Analyzing the racism disparities that are instilled within the U.S. …show more content…
One of the most well-known Supreme Court decisions on criminal justice stand for equality before the law is Gideon v. Wainwright, where the Court held that “states must provide a lawyer at state expense to all defendants charged with a serious crime who cannot afford to hire their own lawyer” (First Citation). The importance of this decision was, however, misleading given that it was decided by the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren back when the Court was firmly liberal and strongly devoted to racial and economic