Arizona Voices for Victims, Crime Victims United, and Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape
Amici Curiae
Douglas Beloop, Counsel of RecordThe parties to this brief are all nonprofit organizations created to support victims of crime and advocate their rights throughout the legal process. Douglas Beloop is an associate professor at Lewis & Clark College’s Northwestern School of Law and director of the Crime Victim Law Institute. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Affirmance as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on March 9, 2000.In the last 35 years, there have been dramatic and pivotal changes to the fundamental building blocks underlying the Miranda decision. These changes inexorably lead to the…
