U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Miranda

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="180" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption]In the case, Berghuis v. Thompkins, the conservative Supreme Court has made major changes to the Miranda decision.  Writing for the majority, Justice Kennedy stated, "Thompkins did not say that he wanted to remain silent or that he did not want to talk to police," Kennedy said. "Had he made either of these simple, unambiguous statements, he would have invoked his 'right to cut off questioning.' Here he did neither, so he did not invoke his right to remain silent.""Criminal suspects must now unambiguously invoke their right to remain ...