Yep. AIUI, Miranda's only change to the status quo was to make it mandatory for the cops to _tell_ you what the status quo is. Prior to Miranda they didn't hav

Yep. AIUI, Miranda's only change to the status quo was to make it mandatory for the cops to _tell_ you what the status quo is. Prior to Miranda they didn't have to tell you shit, and were probably justifying it to themselves with some lame "Ignorance of the law is no excuse, so if you don't know that you have a right to an attorney, that there is no 'off the record' conversation with a cop, and that you don't have to tell us shit, then that's your own damn fault." justification.