Does right to remain silent exist before arrest? 
Published: January 11, 2013
Tags: Fifth Amendment, Miranda, self-incrimination, U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a defendant had a Fifth Amendment right to refuse to respond to police questioning before he was arrested or read his Miranda rights.
Police couldn’t ask arrestee for his ‘side of the story’
Published: April 24, 2012
Tags: Miranda, self-incrimination
Police violated an arrestee’s right against self incrimination by inviting him to give his “side of the story” before giving him his Miranda rights, the Hawaii Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a conviction.
Defendant who won’t admit guilt can be denied parole
Published: April 6, 2012
Tags: Fifth Amendment, parole, self-incrimination, sex offender
A state doesn’t violate the right against self-incrimination by refusing to parole a convicted sex offender unless he admitted his guilt in order to participate in a treatment program, the 3rd Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment.
Justices consider length of Miranda’s protection
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: October 5, 2009
Tags: Fifth Amendment, Miranda, self-incrimination
WASHINGTON – When a prisoner suspected of another crime asks for an attorney during police questioning, does his Fifth Amendment protection extend indefinitely – requiring the suppression of a statement made to another detective nearly three years later?
