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Pete Sessions: “There have been suggestions that somehow the terrorist cases would allow the interrogation to go on a few hours, but I…”

On the recordOctober 20, 2011
There have been suggestions that somehow the terrorist cases would allow the interrogation to go on a few hours, but I have not seen any real authority that would justify that. The clear Miranda standard for any police officer in America is that if you arrest someone, before you ask them questions, they must have been given their Miranda rights. That is the rule in the trial of any Federal court. I think it would be very dangerous to assume the court is going to give some extraordinary new rights that they have never indicated they would. Mr. McCONNELL. I thank the Senator from Alabama.
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas
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Oct 20, 2011

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