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Article: Top court upholds Miranda warnings in arrests by police.
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 27, 2000
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Investigators must read the familiar Miranda warnings to every arrested suspect for a confession to be used as evidence, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 yesterday, affirming the Warren court's landmark 1966 decision.
"Miranda has become embedded in routine police practice to the point where the warnings have become part of our national culture," said the opinion written by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who even noted how television cop shows have spread the word.
The ruling strikes down a 1968 federal law designed to thwart the controversial 5-4 ruling written more than a generation ago by Chief Justice Earl Warren.
"In sum, we conclude ...