Government,
Civil Rights
Jun. 24, 2022
Police can’t be sued for Miranda violation, high court says
Justice Samuel A. Alito wrote the majority opinion, stating that Miranda was only supposed to be a safeguard against compelled self-incrimination; thus a violation of Miranda does not constitute a violation of Fifth Amendment rights and people who suffer such a violation cannot bring a case under Section 1983.
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a case that started in Los Angeles County that people who were not provided their Miranda rights cannot sue the police officers who arrested them.
The court was cleanly split on ideological lines, with all six Republican-appointed justices in the majority and all the Democratic-appointed justices dissenting together.
Justice Samuel A. Alito wrote the majority opinion, stating ...
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