If a police officer fails to give a suspect his Miranda warnings, and the gov't uses the suspect's un-Mirandized statements against him in court, can the suspect sue the officer for violating his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination? In a 6-3 ruling, SCOTUS says no. — SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 23, 2022 This is as good …
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Interesting Article on Why DOJ Indictments Seem to be Moving So Slowly
UncleEbeneezer linked to a good article in the comments of an earlier post today. I am still going through it – it’s long! – but I am finding it really interesting. As you can guess from the title, she is responding to a lot of the assumptions and questions that often appear in the BJ …
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Lawfare Asks: Will the Select Committee’s Filing Change the Department of Justice’s Perspective?
Lawfare posted this article yesterday. There is a lot more to the article than this, so you should read the whole thing. But this speculation at the end was the part that most interested me. Will the Select Committee’s Filing Change the Department of Justice’s Perspective? (Lawfare) So will the committee’s brief actually trigger a …
Expressing Concern or Showing Support?
This letter was linked in the comments, with a tweet that gave the impression that this letter and all the signatures indicates a lack of faith in Merrick Garland. I read the letter very differently. It strikes me as a very public show of support, a message to Merrick Garland that they have his back. …
Ta Da!
Little blurry because of the steam: And in some good news, another cop was convicted for killing a man for no reason: Kim Potter, the white former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright in April, has been convicted after appearing to mistake her handgun for a Taser during a deadly traffic …
Verdict Reached Three Murderers Convicted (Updated)
The jury deliberating the fate of the three men who killed Ahmaud Arbery has returned a verdict after 11 hours. Here’s an open thread to discuss it. Will update the post when we know what the verdict is. UPDATE: Travis McMichael: malice murder — guilty; felony murder — guilty; aggravated assault — guilty; false imprisonment …
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Finding Out (Open Thread)
The trial of the three goons who killed Ahmaud Arbery is wrapping up. I hadn’t followed live coverage of it until today, when I caught prosecutor Linda Dunikoski’s rebuttal to closing defense arguments. I thought she did an outstanding job of vaporizing the bullshit the defense threw out there. It sounds like the jury will …