Court: Silence can be used against suspects

The California Supreme Court has ruled that the silence of suspects can be used against them.

You have the right to remain silent. But now that means you’re guilty.. 

Miranda once mattered..

Court: Silence can be used against suspects

Source: Marathon bombing suspect admitted that he and brother detonated bombs, killed police officer

But!!
The problem is that he actually admitted this before his Miranda rights were read to him, and now that he is being tried in regular court this could very well pose a legal conundrum, don’t ya think?

Source: Marathon bombing suspect admitted that he and brother detonated bombs, killed police officer

SLATE writes about Dzohkar's lack of Miranda..

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will not hear his Miranda rights before the FBI questions him Friday night. He will have to remember on his own that he has a right to a lawyer, and that anything he says can be used against him in court, because the government wont tell him. 

Interesting article.. 

We really need to contemplate this one, America.. we really do.

SLATE writes about Dzohkar's lack of Miranda..

Dzhokhar still not read his rights?

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in serious condition as civil liberties groups express concerns over plan to question him without reading him his rights

The GUARDIAN reports:

US officials said an elite interrogation team would question theMassachusetts college student without reading him his Miranda rights, something that is allowed on a limited basis when the public may be in immediate danger, such as instances in which it is feared bombs are planted and ready to be detonated.

The ACLU executive director, Anthony Romero, said the legal exception applied only when there was a continued threat to public safety and was “not an open-ended exception” to the Miranda rule, which guarantees the right to remain silent and the right to an attorney.

The federal public defender’s office in Massachusetts said it had agreed to represent Tsarnaev once he is charged. Miriam Conrad, public defender for Massachusetts, said he should have a lawyer appointed as soon as possible because there were “serious issues regarding possible interrogation”.

As I said the other night.. if we are all ok with this, does it say anything about us as a nation? I think yes.

Dzhokhar still not read his rights?