well the deaf can simply close their eyes and end the interview
random thoughts Send a noteboard - 02/06/2010 12:26:31 AM
Supreme Court nominee Kagan had sided with the police in this case. As solicitor general, she told the Supreme Court that the Constitution "does not require that the police interpret ambiguous statements as invocations of Miranda rights."
The amount of BS in this statement is staggering. The assumption that one has to invoke rights lest they be waived is truly ass-backwards.
You really don't understand the issues here do you? The right to remain silent is an active right not a passive one. By your logic asking a suspect a question twice would be a violation of their rights.
The officers in the room said Thompkins said little during the interrogation, occasionally answering "yes," "no," "I don't know," nodding his head and making eye contact as his responses. But when one of the officers asked him if he prayed for forgiveness for "shooting that boy down," Thompkins said, "Yes."
Top notch pig detective work nabs another criminal mastermind 
They put a man who shot and killed a boy (the person you dismiss as a "criminal mastermind"
behind bars and your well thought out response is to call them pigs and insult their results. Do you realize how little sense your response makes?"In sum, a suspect who has received and understood the Miranda warnings, and has not invoked his Miranda rights, waives the right to remain silent by making an uncoerced statement to police," Kennedy said. "Thompkins did not invoke his right to remain silent and stop the questioning. Understanding his rights in full, he waived his right to remain silent by making a voluntary statement to the police. The police, moreover, were not required to obtain a waiver of Thompkins' right to remain silent before interrogating him."
I suppose I should also ask for a speedy trial. Otherwise they will assume I want a slow one now.
No but you should make more use of your right to remain silent.
SCOTUS Update: Right to remain silent? Suspect better speak up - 
- 01/06/2010 07:53:14 PM
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- 01/06/2010 07:53:14 PM
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What I don't like about this decision...
- 01/06/2010 08:21:02 PM
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I think the only potential issue is if the person didn't understand the Miranda warning.
- 01/06/2010 10:37:42 PM
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*NM*
that is an odd way of looking at it
- 01/06/2010 11:58:12 PM
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I'm more referring to the almost "magic words" that Kennedy introduces here.
- 02/06/2010 12:18:07 AM
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So we should not allow police to question people at all?
- 02/06/2010 12:31:27 AM
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You won't hear me complain if the Miranda rights are scaled back a bit.
- 02/06/2010 12:40:23 AM
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Forgot to mention - the 5-4 decision was split between cons and libs, but.....
- 01/06/2010 08:36:41 PM
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This seems reasonable to me.
- 01/06/2010 09:47:34 PM
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I'm stunned. Your response was reasoned, logical and concise. What have you done with Joel?
- 01/06/2010 10:43:22 PM
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Joel is going to be so pissed when he finds out that you logged onto his account.....
- 02/06/2010 01:42:50 AM
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Hey deaf people who can't speak... pound sand.
- 01/06/2010 09:55:41 PM
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well the deaf can simply close their eyes and end the interview
- 02/06/2010 12:26:31 AM
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Re: well the deaf can simply close their eyes and end the interview
- 02/06/2010 03:57:35 AM
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you are often questioned by the police? What are you doing to make that happen?
- 02/06/2010 03:35:47 PM
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This decision is a setback for us all.
- 01/06/2010 10:10:51 PM
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No it isn't.
- 01/06/2010 10:42:06 PM
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Re: No it isn't.
- 01/06/2010 11:26:07 PM
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Teach people to say "I'm not saying anything until my lawyer gets here." Period. *NM*
- 02/06/2010 12:38:24 AM
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Close, but not cigar.
- 02/06/2010 01:30:19 AM
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if they catch more bad guys is that a bad thing? *NM*
- 02/06/2010 01:50:12 AM
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Would you be okay with the prohibition of firearms if it lowered the crime rate?
- 02/06/2010 02:18:26 AM
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You are at the intersection of bull and shit.
- 02/06/2010 04:00:32 PM
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I am confused
- 01/06/2010 11:09:14 PM
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Re: I am confused
- 01/06/2010 11:15:07 PM
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ummm, no...
- 02/06/2010 12:13:59 AM
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Re: ummm, no...
- 02/06/2010 01:38:54 AM
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Nothing has changed
- 02/06/2010 01:56:08 AM
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Except you risk waiving them unless you specifically say you want to use them.
- 02/06/2010 04:07:51 AM
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not surprising that people who use phrases like "Police State of America" believe that
- 02/06/2010 03:24:25 PM
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As far as I can tell, this changes nothing and simply maintains the status quo.
- 01/06/2010 11:27:36 PM
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For those who don't understand the techniques of police interrogation let me make this clear.
- 02/06/2010 01:57:51 AM
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Good advice
- 02/06/2010 04:00:45 AM
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