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Debate Brewing Over Supreme Court Change To Miranda Rights

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Originally printed at http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/85444037.htmlSOUTH BEND ? A drastic change to a well known U.S. law could give police across America a new tool in the fight against crime. A 7-2 U.S. Supreme Court decision revises a 30-year-old ruling on what's known as "Miranda Rights."Miranda Rights are intended to protect suspects arrested by police by barring interrogations from proceeding if the suspect asks for a lawyer. It stems from a 1966 Supreme Court ruling in Miranda v. Arizona that produced the new famous phrase that begins: "you have the right to remain silent" and ends with "you have the right to an attorney."We've all heard it on TV before in reality cop shows or police dramas. But, just what does it really mean, and what rights does it afford to a criminal suspect?For suspects, since 1981, it's meant that investigators can't continue questioning in a case once a person-of-interest has invoked their Miranda Right to an attorney...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on June 29, 2010 (boomark / email).

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