Under prevailing standards today, which amendment prevents indigent criminal defendants from being sentenced to jail unless the defendant has been provided a lawyer at no cost?
a. the Ninth Amendment
b. the Fourth Amendment
c. the Eight Amendment
d. the Sixth Amendment
e. the Fifth Amendment
ANS: D
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