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Court weighs if silence alone can invoke Miranda

Police told Van Chester Thompkins he had a right to remain silent, and so he did. But his silence meant he never officially told officers he wasn't going to talk, and so they kept interrogating him. A couple of hours later, Thompkins implicated himself in a murder. Several Supreme Court justices indicated Monday they were going to let that confession stand, saying suspects should tell police that they want to be silent to take advantage of that Miranda right.

 

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