SCOTUS: Police may interrogate without lawyer present..!


	SCOTUS: Police may interrogate without lawyer present..!

TJColatrella

5-26-2009 12:35 PM

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scotus, scalia, stevens, supreme cout, defendents rights, 6th amendment

TJColatrella says:

This will inevitably lead to false convictions and increase the potential for abuse by police...

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