Which option best completes the diagram?

Clarence Gideon
is convicted ot a
telony in Florida
after being
refused a lawyer.

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States establish
public defenders'
offices to
represent
defendants who
can't afford
lawyers.

A. Gideon convinces the local authorities that he is innocent of the
crime for which he was imprisoned.
B. Gideon teaches himself law while in prison and gets Congress to
pass a bill requiring lawyers for all defendants.
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C. The Supreme Court rules that states must provide lawyers for
poor defendants in felony cases.
D. The Supreme Court rules that Gideon should have been tried in
federal court​