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PLEADING THE SIXTH explains what you've just read in the news, providing historical, legal, and standards-based context to our nation's ongoing efforts to provide a meaningful right to counsel.
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RIGHT TO COUNSEL TODAY section explains our country's successes and failures in providing the right to counsel today.
To learn about how the right to counsel is applied in your state or territory, visit
KNOW YOUR STATE.
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6AC & OUR WORK section.
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