04-20-2013, 03:34 PM
(04-20-2013, 03:15 PM)Duchess Wrote:(04-20-2013, 03:01 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: My understanding is that the Miranda and counsel exception (in the name of public safety) starts at the time the suspect is taken into custody and expires in 48 hours. FBI wants to interrogate this guy asap in case he's part of a bigger plot with more violent acts in the works (especially given his severe condition), but the suspect needs to be read his rights by tomorrow night.
This I can agree with. I shot my mouth off earlier, I didn't have an understanding of what it meant and I should have taken the time to investigate.
The other stuff - I don't agree with at all. I've sometimes been the first to say that if you do a criminal deed you should forfeit your rights to any courtesy but that's just me givin' some lip. Are they going to put bombs & bombers in a league of their own. What's wrong with just following the rules of law that are already in place, he bombed, he murdered, he was caught now let the wheels of justice grind in an excruciatingly slow manner like they do with everything else, he's not going anywhere for the rest of his miserable life.
Same here. I get the public safety exception in this case, but think that the enemy combatant and act of war designations don't apply here (based on what little has been revealed thus far).
Unless there's clear evidence that the suspect is an enemy combatant when the 48 hours expires, it would be very disturbing, to me, if the POS was denied his rights because there's an unconfirmed suspicion that he might possibly be involved in something that could be classified as an act of war at a later date. Imo, that's exploiting the intent of the war exceptions and should be worrisome to all US citizens. JMO...