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Court: Police Can’t Purposely Delay Miranda Rights Warnings

June 30th, 2004 · No Comments

Police officers can’t use an interrogation strategy that calls for giving no Miranda rights warnings to suspects until interrogation has produced a confession, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled.
The court, in a 5-to-4 vote, ruled against the strategy in the case, MISSOURI v. SEIBERT.
Justice Souter said: “This case tests a police protocol for custodial interrogation […]

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