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U.S. Supreme Court Limits Edwards Rule

In Edwards v. Arizona, 451 U.S. 477 (1981), the Supreme Court held that statements made to police during an interrogation following a request for counsel are presumed invalid. The so-called Edwards rule was designed to protect the safeguards afforded by Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966) against coercive interrogations. ...

 

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