Ok, now I have not gone to law school, but I am taking Constitutional law for college. Therefore, I follow new Supreme Court decisions in the news. Now, today they ruled that if the police question a suspect the part of the miranda warning about lawyer being present expires after 14 days. Now, as a reasonable human being with a tiny bit of common sense this decision is one that makes sense and in the case before the Court made extreme sense.
When you have a scumbag that was questioned with his attorney present, and then released it would seem he should have his lawyer present when questioned again, right? Ok, well, the said scumbag is questioned about the said crime 2 and a half years later, while in prison on another charge. Now, this individual obviously has some familiarity with the legal system and his rights to legal counsel. There are still bonehead judges that were willing to let this guy go, saying that even though time had passed it didn't make his original right to a request for a lawyer any less valid. When it has been almost three years and you are in prison for another crime, the confession and conviction should stand based on the facts of stupidity alone...lol
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