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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Supreme Court rules out suing police for Miranda violations

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that law enforcement officers can’t be sued when they violate the rights of criminal suspects by failing to provide the familiar Miranda warning before questioning them.

The justices ruled 6-3 in favor of a sheriff's deputy who was sued after he failed to read a Miranda warning — “You have the right to remain silent,” it begins — to a Los Angeles hospital worker accused of sexually assaulting a patient.

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