I believe the answer is <span>represented himself in court.
Gideon Was on trial for felony theft. He chose to represent himself because he did not have the money to hire any lawyer and he was convicted for it.
Later on, the supreme court decided that the court must provide a defense lawyer for those who couldn't afford any, and Gideon was Acquited on the second trial.
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Reconstruction comprised three major initiatives: restoration of the Union, transformation of southern society, and portrayal of progressive legislation favoring the rights of freed slaves. President Abraham Lincoln’s Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction—give out in 1863, two years before the war even ended—plotted out the first of these initiatives, his Ten-Percent Plan.
Just look it up and keep working jk beceuse is your answer
