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Constitutional Law

Jan. 11, 2000

Gavel Struggle

The problem is, as helpful as Miranda is in regularizing police conduct in general, it can also unnecessarily impede the resolution of crime.

By Douglas W. Kmiec
        In late January 1997, Charles Dickerson confessed to robbing a series of banks. Dickerson spilled the beans on himself after being told that a warrant had been issued to search his apartment. Dickerson signed a form indicating that, in making his confession, he had been given - and voluntarily waived - his Miranda warnings. But he sang a different tun...

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