the possible effect of the new rights. The negative results that the studies had shown had come true. Confession rates dropped from forty-nine percent to fourteen percent after Miranda. With the lowered rate of confessions, the possibilities for clearance rate were estimated to drop dramatically. Surprisingly the clearance rate stayed somewhat stable. Researchers down the line have been studying possible changes to Miranda to make it more effective. Some possible examples studies were: Videotaped interrogations as a substitute, bring an arrested subject before a magistrate for questioning, or possibly abolishing the Miranda rights and return to the “voluntaries” system. Miranda has caused many court cases down the line to the present. A recent incident was on June 26,2000, with a case called Dickerson v. United States. On January 24, 1997 an individual robbed a bank using a handgun. An eyewitness got the license plate number with a description of the car. The FBI tracked the car down to the residence. Dickerson agreed to go with the agent to the field office. Dickerson said he knew nothing about the robbery, but admitted to being in the town were the robbery had taken place. The agent got a search warrant through the magistrate for Dickerson’s house. The agent radioed an officer still at the house and told him about the warrant, then returned to Dickerson and the interview. He then told Dickerson about the search warrant, and then read him his Miranda rights. There were discrepancies to when the right had been read, and Dickerson had given a confession. The house was searched. The officers had found a handgun, gloves, a mask, and ink died money. Dickerson was indicted in the U.S district Court for bank robbery, conspiracy to commit bank robbery and using a firearm in the commission of crime. The U.S District Court found his statement in violation of the Miranda requirements. The court suppr...
