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Article: Two Court rulings highlight a delicate balance on Miranda.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- June 29, 2004
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Byline: Brad Knickerbocker and Alexandra Marks Staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor
The US Supreme Court yesterday walked carefully through America's most important law designed to protect accused criminals during police interrogation.
Upholding a decision by the Missouri Supreme Court, the high court ruled 5-4 that police may not under most circumstances deliberately question a suspect twice - the first time without advising suspects of their right to remain silent - in order to elicit incriminating statements.
In a second case addressing the court's landmark 1966 Miranda decision, the justices ruled that a suspect's rights had not ...