The Supreme Court made major revisions to the now familiar Miranda warnings this year. The rulings will change the ways police, lawyers and criminal suspects interact amid what experts call an attempt to pull back some of the rights that Americans have become used to over recent decades. The Court placed limits on the rights three times during the just-ended session. Experts viewed the large number of rulings as a statistical aberration, but some feel it is too much tinkering around the edges.
August 02, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
You have the right to remain silent, but only if you tell the police that you’re remaining silent.
You have a right to a lawyer — before, during and after questioning, even though the police don’t have to tell you exactly when the lawyer can be with you. If you can’t afford a lawyer, one will be provided to you. Do you understand these rights as they have been read to you, which, by the way, are only good for the next two weeks?
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