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The Missing Miranda Warning: Why What You Don’T Know Really Can Hurt You, Geoffrey S. Corn
The Missing Miranda Warning: Why What You Don’T Know Really Can Hurt You, Geoffrey S. Corn
Geoffrey S. Corn
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The Missing Miranda Warning: Why What You Don’t Know Really Can Hurt You
Miranda – at least the core rule that statements made by suspects in response to custodial interrogation are admissible in the prosecution’s case-in-chief only following a knowing and voluntary waiver of the Miranda rights – has survived decades of attacks. While the “stormy seas” the decision navigated produced a wake of academic study of the wisdom of the decision, little attention has been focused on an equally logical question: did Miranda go far enough? If, as the Miranda Court emphasized, the purpose of Miranda’s warnings was …