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| | Online NewsHour: Miranda Rights -- January 6, 2000 |
 | | To supporters, Miranda is a safeguard against police abuse; to opponents, a spoiler in hundreds of thousands of criminal cases every year because if the warning is not given or given improperly, a defendant's confession can be thrown out. |
 | | And if Miranda were not, in fact, a constitutional ruling, the Supreme Court could not have applied it against the states, as it did in Miranda and as it has done in many cases subsequently. |
 | | Miranda really simplified and rationalized the system which is why many, many law enforcement professionals -- Paul's comment notwithstanding -- support Miranda, believe it is professionalized law enforcement, and believe it has in fact made it easier for them to operate and have valid confessions admitted into evidence. |
| www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/law/jan-june00/miranda_1-6.html (2233 words) |
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