[Mr. K]

I am so sick of this ‘readhim his rights’ horse crap. If you are a US citizen then you learn this in school.

How many murderers are walking the streets because of ‘technicalities’?

[a fool in paradise]

How many murderers are walking the streets because of ‘technicalities’?

[The Pack Knight]

Have you seen US schools lately? Half the graduates don't know how to read. What makes you so sure they did learn their rights in school? Frankly, in my experience even the relatively educated tend to be shockingly ill informed about their rights.

I don't think Miranda is the best Supreme Court decision either, but is it really that huge a burden for a police officer who wants to place a free citizen in custody to read him a few lines off a card and inform him of rights that he may or may not be aware of? At the very least, it help keep the police honest. They aren't all saints, after all. Smothers was hired by a cop for his last hit.

Another way of asking your question is "How many murderers are walking the streets because a cop screwed around on the job and did something he shouldn't have?"