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http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WAPO/19990210/V000121-021099-idx.htmlThis is a must read.
-- Deborah (fightfor@rights.com), February 16, 1999
Hotlink:
http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WAPO/ 19990210/V000121-021099-idx.html... A federal appellate court has ruled that prosecutors may rely on confessions obtained from suspects who never received Miranda warnings, as long as the statements were made voluntarily.
Define voluntarily. Ken Starrs version perhaps?
Diane
-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), February 17, 1999.
Ken Starr?,,,Nawww,,,The SS.
-- TAZ (tz@no.yr), February 17, 1999.
Or one of my favorites:``The court here took a position more pro-government than the government.''
That is a fun quote.
-- Deborah (private@home.com), February 17, 1999.