It's Called American Justice but we know the truth: Boston suspect Interrogated 60 hours before being Mirandized
/The suspect in the twin explosions that shattered the Boston marathon last week had been in custody for more than 60 hours before being advised of his Miranda Rights. The Justice Department had said it had held off on the warnings—which protect suspects from coercive questions—outof fear that the public was still in danger. The decision by the department to invoke the public safety exception came despite repeated assurances by numerous public officials that there is no imminent threat or danger to public safety.
“There isn’t any basis for concern about another imminent threat,” to the citizens of Boston, Massachussetts Governor Deval Patrick said Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press. Boston Mayor Thomas Menino also dispelled concern that any accomplices were at-large. There is ”no evidence of a broader plot involving more people,” he told ABC News.
By Monday midday, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 19-year-old prime suspect in the bombings, had been held longer, without Miranda protections, than any other terrorism suspect since the Obama administration announced it would rely on this expanded exception in 2010. Civil rights groups expressed concern about relying on the exception and the importance of Miranda as a fundamental protection.
