http://jonathanturley.org/2007/08/18/miranda-and-the-supreme-court/ Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks") Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:51:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://jonathanturley.org/2007/08/18/miranda-and-the-supreme-court/#comment-749 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 11:36:46 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/2007/08/18/miranda-and-the-supreme-court/#comment-749 [...] It is increasingly rare to see such major Miranda driven decisions or a court willing to protect the underlying principles of that decision. As shown with Sen. Craig, there continue to be the use of threats and mmisrepresentations (both allowed by the Supreme Court) to secure confessions. The invocation of rights under Miranda are the critical protection at this early encounter with police. Miranda has been gradually weakened over the years do to exceptions created by the Court. For a column on that evolution, click here [...]

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