克拉伦斯·厄尔·吉迪恩只是一个普通的囚犯,但是他向美国联邦最高法院寄去的一封申诉信,彻底地改变了美国法律史的进程。经过最高法院的审判,吉迪恩案成为美国司法制度史上最重要的案例之一。而吉迪恩的名字,也从此和“人人都有权获得辩护”的金科玉律紧紧关联在了一起。 Clarence Earl Gideon was just an ordinary prisoner, but his letter of appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States completely changed the course of American legal history. After the trial of the Supreme Court, the case of Jideon became one of the most important cases in the history of the American judiciary. And Gideon’s name has since been closely linked with the golden rule of “everyone has the right to be defended.”