Ticking Time Bomb

Quarles Public Safety Exception to Miranda: The Ethical, Legal and Effective Answer to "Ticking Time Bombs"

Coleen Rowley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Coleen Rowley

In 1984, the Supreme Court created an exception to the Miranda rule when the questioning was designed to protect public safety -- and it's largely been ignored by prosecutors and courts.

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A Question for Dick Cheney: Should We Now Waterboard Tiller's Murderer?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Roeder is claiming the now-infamous "ticking time bomb" scenario of what can only be termed domestic terrorism. Doesn't this mean that he should immediately be waterboarded?

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Cheney, the CIA and Torture: Asking the Wrong Questions

Eric L. Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eric L. Lewis

Cheney wants to take what is a stark legal and moral issue and turn it into yet another Washington "some argue this; some argue that" controversy, a clever bureaucratic maneuver.

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Accepting Torture?

Darius Rejali | Posted 05.25.2011

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Darius Rejali

What is the acceptable ratio of torturing innocents-to-terrorists for America to call our campaign a success, 50-to-1, 10-to-1?

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Who's to Blame for 'America's Next Top Model' Audition Riot? Short Women

Tom McCaffrey | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom McCaffrey

I personally think it's unfair that women are discriminated against because of their height. Women shouldn't be judged on how tall they are but rather on how hot they are.

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The "Ticking Clock" and the Mommy/Daddy Double Standard

Lisa Wade | Posted 11.17.2011

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Lisa Wade

Part of what bugs me about the ticking clock narrative is that it suggests that only women need to be concerned about the age at which they reproduce.

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Scalia: "Absurd" To Say The Government Can't "Smack" A Suspect

Think Progress | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today in an interview with BBC Radio's Law in Action, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia defended torture, claiming that it is not necessarily ...

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