so in other words it's a formality in that most people know they can get a lawyer in certain circumstances, but may not realize that *these are the circumstances* and they are in fact in danger of losing their freedom. It's a safeguard, whether you think you need it or not. I know at least one person who did not, and went to jail.
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think most people have head of Miranda rights but it's more of a > situational warning, imho -- ie you are no longer a bystander telling > the police what is going on here, you are under arrest and it is time > to stop talking, or not. > > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Eric Roberts > <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: >> >> Exactly Kris...on both. I am sure the terrorists have watched more than a >> few episodes of CSI or Cops... >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kris Sisk [mailto:ks...@gckschools.com] >> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 9:39 AM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: in the oh hell no category >> >> >> See now things like this are why I consider 1984 to be one of the scariest >> books I've ever read. >> >> And why the hell are Republicans up in arms about reading terrorists their >> Mirandas? All the Mirandas are are things that anyone who knows anything >> about the American legal system already knows. >> >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:317824 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
