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Gideon, now 52, already had a prison record when he was arrested in 1961, charged with breaking into a pool hall with intent to commit burglary. At his trial in a Florida state court, he asked the judge to appoint a lawyer to defend him. The judge denied the request, pointed out that under Florida law the court was required to appoint counsel only when a person was charged with a capital crime. Gideon conducted his own defense, was found guilty and sentenced to five years in prison. When the Supreme Court ruled on his petition last March...
Improving Justice. While the Gideon decision will undoubtedly lead to the freeing of many prisoners who were guilty as charged, it has also improved the processes of justice in new criminal cases in Florida. After the Supreme Court ruling, Florida speedily passed a public-defender law requiring courts to appoint counsel in criminal cases unless the defendant explicitly waives his right to counsel. And courts have begun to keep fuller, more careful records in all criminal prosecutions...
...Central's President Alfred Perlman denounced the Administration's stand as "impractical and unrealistic." The final decision about the merger is still up to the independent ICC, but the Administration will probably be able to make its stand stick. Before year's end President Kennedy will appoint two new ICC members, thus gaining a majority of supporters on the eleven-man commission before the Pennsy-Central proposal is put to a vote...
Military service is a stumbling block to many careers. It could easily interrupt many Harvard educations. The University should appoint a respected member of the administration to serve part time, or if need be full-time, as a student military service advisor. Since he must not rely entirely on Selective Service propaganda for his facts, he will need an office staff equipped to prepare, or at least disseminate, independent information on the current Selective Service situation. Concerned students have a right to receive more from their College officials than the phone number of the Boston Selective Service Board...
...insure adherence to its statement of policy, the University gives each department the power to appoint a committee which "shall have power to require that the investigator obtain approval from. . .Environmental Health and Safety, before going ahead to recruit subjects for his research." To date only the Social Relations Department has such a committee, and it was formed before the Corporation directive was issued...