Judge’s ruling on Miranda rights in terrorism case touches off legal debate

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Judge’s ruling on Miranda rights in terrorism case touches off legal debate –Some say ruling sets dangerous precedent that could open door to coerced confessions 16 Sep 2011 A judge’s decision Thursday to let prosecutors use a terrorism suspect’s incriminating statements — even though he wasn’t read his rights — has triggered a legal debate. The case involves Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 24, who goes on trial Oct. 11 on charges that he tried to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day 2009 with a bomb hidden in his underwear. U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds ruled Thursday that Abdulmutallab’s statement, which he sought to have suppressed, was admissible.

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