Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth et al.
Amici Curiae
Angela C. Vigil, Counsel of Record The Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth is joined in this brief by the Northeast Juvenile Defender Center, the Rutgers Urban Legal Clinic, and 11 college professors with expertise in juvenile justice. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on December 23, 2010. The Miranda rule is an important safeguard that was designed to protect against coerced and unreliable statements. Indeed, this Court created the now famous Miranda warnings to counteract the “inherently compelling pressures” that define a police interrogation. — Miranda…
