Critical Thinking:
In the year 2035, you graduate from law school at Emmett Brown Polytechnic University. The university's "Department of Space-Time Inquiry" decides to send you back to the year 1935 in its newly-created time machine. Unfortunately, the machine malfunctions and you enter a cycle that has you bouncing from the year 1935 to the year 1965 to the year 1995. At each stop, you land in a public defender's office. Your ability to return to your normal life in 2035 is dependent on your ability to successfully assist three indigent criminal defendants-one at each of your time travel stops. If you can accomplish this task, the cycle of time travel will be broken. Thankfully, your legal education has afforded you an exceptional knowledge of case law related to the "right to counsel"-and this will come in handy!
-The famous "Scottsboro Boys" case would be most relevant at which of your time travel destinations:

Question

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The famous "Scottsboro Boys" case occurred in 1931 and involved nine African-American teenagers who were falsely accused of raping two white women. The case became a landmark in the history of American civil rights and highlighted the importance of the Sixth Amendment's right to counsel. As a public defender in 1935, it would be highly relevant to have a thorough understanding of this case and its implications for providing adequate legal representation to indigent defendants.

Critical Thinking: in the Year 2035, You Graduate from Law School at School