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Berghuis v Thompkins

Prayer, Confession and the Police

Mark Osler | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Supreme Court, Criminal Law, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice System, Interrogation, Berghuis v. Thompkins, Interrogation Techniques, Separation of Church and State, Religion News
Mark Osler

Are we comfortable with prayer being used as a technique to get confessions? For many of us, there is something deeply troubling about this trend, which has been almost uniformly approved of by courts.

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Elena Kagan and the Death of Miranda

Charles Weisselberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Supreme Court, Berghuis v. Thompkins, Elena Kagan, Police Interrogation, Miranda, Politics News
Charles Weisselberg

On June 1, the U.S. Supreme Court finally dealt Miranda a death blow. Elena Kagan, Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court, was complicit in Miranda's demise.

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