Screaming Penguin

The Supreme Court is preparing to review the 1966 Miranda v. Arizona ruling. This ruling set up the nationwide procedure of reading someone their rights upon arrest (law enforcement calls this "mirandizing"). Evidently, Congress passed a law in 1968 that ran somewhat counter to the spirit of Miranda. Until recently, the law enforcement establishment has ignored that law in favor of the high court\'s decision.It seems no one is really disagreeing with the fundamental jist of Miranda -- that the accused should know their rights. No one is really debating the Constitutional right of an individual to not bear witness against himself. The bone of contention seems to be whether accidental ommission of this step in the arrest process constitutes grounds for throwing out all verbal evidence collected from the accused.Our current panel of Supreme Court justices is not nearly as liberal as the group who decided Miranda v. Arizona in 1966. It is an interesting debate, and certainly an issue to keep an eye on...Yahoo! Coverage