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19. For better or worse

Tue Apr 23, 2013, 09:22 AM

Apr 2013

That's how our laws are. It took a scumbag to make authorities do what's necessary to protect the rights of many others who are often good people.

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NPR: No law mandates reading Miranda rights [View all] MannyGoldstein Apr 2013 OP

Miranda vs. AZ pipoman Apr 2013 #1

The name, I need to steal it for fiction nadinbrzezinski Apr 2013 #2

If you look it up, you'll find he's not the first one... Nt MannyGoldstein Apr 2013 #3

Kermit Roosevelt III is the great-great-grandson of Theodore Roosevelt Brother Buzz Apr 2013 #5

Not well received among Iranians, either. sofa king Apr 2013 #12

That Kermit must be the one that triggered my memory Brother Buzz Apr 2013 #14

Yep, the original Stormin' Norman. sofa king Apr 2013 #20

Okay, but the argument is now moot. longship Apr 2013 #4

Post removed Post removed Apr 2013 #8

Technically, not true Gman Apr 2013 #7

Exactly. It is abundantly clear that everybody has a right to counsel. BlueStreak Apr 2013 #9

If the truth be known, Ernesto Miranda was a scumbag Gman Apr 2013 #11

whether he was or not, so what? HiPointDem Apr 2013 #16

For better or worse Gman Apr 2013 #19

Kermit Roosevelt? Deep13 Apr 2013 #10

Freedom from self-incrimination is a Constitutional right. Deep13 Apr 2013 #18

a law professor named kermit roosevelt? descendant of teddy. HiPointDem Apr 2013 #13