Criminal suspects now have less legal recourse if police officers fail to read them their Miranda rights.
, are read to criminal suspects when they’re arrested, informing them of their rights and that “anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.”
Justices held that Terence Tekoh could not sue the police officer who interrogated him, Carlos Vega, for allegedly violating his Fifth Amendment rights against “compelled self-incrimination” by not reading him his Miranda rights. The ruling doesn’t mean that law enforcement will stop having to read suspects their Miranda rights, but means that it’s harder to enforce the law and hold them accountable legally if they don’t.
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