The Miranda Ruling: Its Past, Present, and Future

by Mary L. Pitman and Lawrence S. Wrightsman

Where did Miranda go wrong? The purpose of this book is to identify and describe four problems with the implementation of the Miranda decision and to suggest remedies in order to have it achieve its original purpose. The four problems identified in the book are:

1. The justices, in placing restrictions of the questioning of suspects, limited these rights only to those suspects who were "in custody." The term "in custody" is vague-legally vague...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199730903
• ISBN13: 9780199730902
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"