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US Supreme Court shields police from ‘Miranda’ lawsuits

Issue in the case was whether the warning given to criminal suspects before they talk to authorities is a US constitutional right or something less important and less defined [File: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters]

The United States Supreme Court has shielded law enforcement officers from having to pay monetary damages for failing to advise suspects of their rights before obtaining statements later used against them in court.

The justices on Thursday ruled 6-3 in favour of Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Carlos Vega, who had appealed a lower court decision reviving a lawsuit by a hospital employee named Terence Tekoh.

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