Activists Push for Right to Counsel in US Civil Cases
558 views · Published 6 December 2011 · 3:13 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2011 · News & Politics
People who are charged with crimes in the United States have a constitutional right to have an attorney provided to them by the government, if they can not afford one on their own. Legal advocates for the poor also want that right expanded to low-income people caught in non-criminal - or civil - cases. Mana Rabiee reports for VOA.
