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  Clarence Earl Gideon was an unlikely hero. He was a man with an eighth-grade education who ran away from home when he was in middle school. He spent much of his early adult life as a drifter, spending time in and out of prisons for nonviolent crimes.
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  Sexual abuse toward defendants son form father.
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  mark jenson killed his wife and tried to frame it as a suicide, but she told the counsil he was plotting to kill her. He killed her before she could tesitfy. renduring her 6th amendment
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  ventris said the court did not respect his right to counsil
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  In 2003, petitioner Corey Miller was convicted of murder in the second degree by a 10-2 jury vote. Louisiana is one of just two states that permit conviction by a non-unanimous jury. Miller, a recording artist, had been found guilty of the shooting death of a 16-year-old fan during an altercation outside a Baton Rouge nightclub.