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Informal Opinion: The Right to Counsel in the US: An International Perspective
In the United States, the right to counsel is considered so fundamental to a fair criminal justice system that it is constitutionally mandated through the Sixth Amendment. However, this noble value is elusive in too many places in the United States, often operating as an unfunded mandate.