CORRECTIVE REPRINT
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 159
PRINTER'S NO. 185
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
23
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY D. MILLER, McCLINTON, PIELLI, N. NELSON, FREEMAN,
HOHENSTEIN, WAXMAN, MADDEN, PROBST, HILL-EVANS, RABB, KINSEY,
HOWARD, SANCHEZ, KENYATTA, SCHLOSSBERG, D. WILLIAMS, KHAN,
CIRESI, VITALI, KINKEAD AND HADDOCK, MARCH 8, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 8, 2023
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing March 18, 2023, as "Public Defender Day" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, March 18, 2023, marks the 60th anniversary of the
United States Supreme Court decision in Gideon v. Wainwright;
and
WHEREAS, The Court unanimously ruled that the Sixth Amendment
to the Constitution of the United States guaranteed every person
the right to an attorney, regardless of the person's ability to
afford one or the severity of the person's alleged crime; and
WHEREAS, The ruling spurred nationwide efforts to recruit and
train legal defense attorneys for the purpose of providing a
public defense; and
WHEREAS, These efforts were built on the legacy of Clara
Shortridge Foltz, who first presented her vision for public
defense in 1893; and
WHEREAS, Public defenders serve to give a voice to the
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