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Miranda Ignored Boston Marathon(Wiki)

Interrogation

United States Senators Kelly AyotteSaxby ChamblissLindsey Graham, and John McCain, and Representative Peter T. King suggested that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a U.S. citizen, should be tried as an unlawful enemy combatant rather than as a criminal, potentially preventing him from obtaining legal counsel.[132][133] Others said that doing so would be illegal, including prominent American legal scholar and lawyer Alan Dershowitz, and would jeopardize the prosecution.[134][135] The government decided to try Dzhokhar in the federal criminal court system and not as an enemy combatant.[136]

Dzhokhar was questioned for 16 hours by investigators but stopped communicating with them on the night of April 22 after Judge Marianne Bowler read him a Miranda warning.[76][137] Dzhokhar had not previously been given a Miranda warning, as federal law enforcement officials invoked the warning's public safety exception.[138] This raised doubts whether his statements during this investigation would be admissible as evidence and led to a debate surrounding Miranda rights.[139][140][141]

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