In 2013, U. S. officials announced that they would question 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving Boston Marathon bomber, before reading him his Miranda rights. What exception to the Miranda ruling allowed them to conduct the interview?

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Colt Whitney

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11 November, 14:49

In 2013, U. S. officials announced that they would question 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving Boston Marathon bomber, before reading him his Miranda rights. What exception to the Miranda ruling allowed them to conduct the interview?

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Ximena Yoder · Answer 1

Public Safety exception

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The Miranda right has only one exception to its application which is the public safety exception, under this exception, law enforcement agents can engage in interrogation with suspects without reading his/her miranda rights and the will be admissible in court as a direct evidence.