Criminal
Mar. 2, 2010
Why Miranda Rights Are Not Endangered
Hyman Sisman of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office says the prophylactic rule in Miranda v. Arizona was not meant to apply to prisoners of war.
Hyman Sisman
A great deal of inaccurate one might almost say hysterical blather has been issued by some lawyers predicting that if we deny "Miranda rights" to foreign jihadists captured by U.S. forces abroad or in the United States we endanger such rights to all of us in all criminal cases. These dire warnings contradict reality. On February 23, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in Florida v. Powell. The Court's ruling in Powel...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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