Attorney General Edwin Meese III Explained Why The Supreme Court's Miranda Decision (holding That Subjects Have A Right To Remain Silent And Have A Lawyer Present During Questioning) Is Unnecessary

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Attorney General Edwin Meese III explained why the Supreme Court's Miranda
decision (holding that subjects have a right to remain silent and have a
lawyer present during questioning) is unnecessary: "You don't have many
suspects who are innocent of a crime. That's contradictory. If a person
is innocent of a crime, then he is not a suspect."
-- U.S. News and World Report, 10/14/85

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