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SCOTUS Says You Can't Sue the Cops for Violating Your Miranda Rights
- R0b0t1 4y ago
- namecheapTA 4y agoPolice arrest millions of people a year, and a few go south often when the person getting arrested won't follow directions. I bet less than 1% go poorly, which in my opinion is pretty impressive considering the people they are arresting.
- GenerocUsername 4y agoAnything you say can and will be used against you. There never really was Miranda rights, just lots of fighting over technicality
- masonic 4y agoIt says you can't sue cops in civil actions for damages. Such confessions are still inadmissible in criminal court.
- pyuser583 4y agoI was told in civics class the police have no obligation to Mirandize you. If they don’t Mirandize you, anything you tell them is inadmissible in court. So it’s usually a good idea to do it. But if police are, say, detaining rioters, and have decided they’re not going to question anybody, it might be faster and easier to just arrest folks.
- spacemanmatt 4y agoHow likely are you to remember your rights when you are losing your freedom?
- simonh 4y agoYou still have the rights though, and this ruling doesn't take them away. If you're not cautioned, anything you say still cannot be used against you. In many cases any un-cautioned incriminating but now inadmissible information you provide will so poison the prosecution case as to completely invalidate any case they try to bring.
- spacemanmatt 4y agoThe premise of un-Mirandized statements "poisoning" the prosecution is the rosiest view I have ever heard about getting arrested. That is exactly how it does not work. A defendant has to hire an attorney to have a chance getting such statements excluded, and publicity about the same could easily poison a jury pool.
- trasz 4y agoThe same SCOTUS that maintains that being provably innocent isn’t a valid reason to postpone execution? Unbelievable!