In Powell v. Alabama, the 1932 Supreme Court decision involving several black youths accused of raping two white girls on a train, the court ruled that the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires states to provide the rudiments of a fair trial-fundamental fairness.

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The Supreme Court in Powell v. Alabama ruled that the defendants were denied their right to counsel, which violated the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, emphasizing the necessity of a fair trial.

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