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To: Sunshine55

Nice theory, good luck with it, but highly doubtful. They've got him in custody, he has violated the conditions of his release by not showing up in court, so he's not getting out of jail any time soon. He will not have a chance.


643 posted on 07/02/2005 7:53:37 PM PDT by Amore (First, let's kill all the lawyers!)
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To: Amore

He's had one chance too many already.


644 posted on 07/02/2005 7:54:43 PM PDT by Sunshine55 (Does Anita van der Sloot suffer from Carolyn Condit syndrome?)
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To: Amore

I heard a discussion on Fox last night about Couey's confession being thrown out because the cops didn't stop interrogating him when he asked for a lawyer.

Interestingly, the guest said this issue needs to be revisited before the Supreme Court. The Miranda ruling came down at a time when police were alleged to be coercing confessions (I didn't believe that). There is NO allegation of coercion in this case. The ruling has backfired by letting guilty persons go free on a technicality. The court's interest should be the TRUTH, not technical little details of when a lawyer took control of the information flow.

Question: How would this get to the Supreme Court? Can the government appeal contrary judicial rulings in criminal cases? I always thought only the defendant could do so.


691 posted on 07/03/2005 5:05:56 AM PDT by Timeout
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