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Miranda rule

noun as in reading of suspect's rights

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In criminal law, she has questioned the constitutionality of the "Miranda rule," which requires arrestees subject to custodial interrogation to be advised of their right to remain silent.

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He said the statement was “taken lawfully” under the public-safety exception to the Miranda rule.

Mr. Lewin told the judge that Mr. Rahimi had made a statement to law enforcement “across multiple days” and that the statement was “taken lawfully” pursuant to the so-called public-safety exception to the Miranda rule.

A few years after losing the abortion case, Rehnquist, the most solid of conservatives, wrote an opinion upholding the Miranda rule requiring police to warn suspects of their right to remain silent.

The most famous example is his metamorphosis on the Miranda rule, requiring police officers to read suspects their rights.

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