HUFFINGTON POST: …The Boston Globe reports that authorities are not worried about being able to enter Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s confession as evidence of his guilt “because they have a strong witness: the man who was abducted by the Tsarnaev brothers last Thursday night.” …
The Obama administration’s decision to interrogate Tsarnaev without first giving him a Miranda warning has drawn scorn from groups like the American Civil Liberties Union. The administration cited a “public safety exception” as the reason for doing so. Tsarnaev was eventually read his rights after initial interrogations.
“Every criminal defendant is entitled to be read Miranda rights,” ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero said in a statement. “The public safety exception should be read narrowly. It applies only when there is a continued threat to public safety and is not an open-ended exception to the Miranda rule.” … (more)
EDITOR: We suspect the Obama administration did not want to be criticized from the right as being soft on terrorists. It is sad when politics interferes with justice. Of course that could not happen here in Lancaster! See today’s Chapter 23 Revised of the Convention Center series.
