Am I the only one offended by the headlines stating that the Supreme Court might do away with Miranda in the Martinez case?

After all, a strong majority of the Supreme Court approved the Miranda ruling about two years ago in Dickerson v. United States, 530 U.S. 428 (2000). What is actually going on in Martinez is an attempt to extend Miranda to simple involuntary confession claims.

Anyone have a copy of Bias I can borrow?

/s/ Frustrated in Dallas

I did have the same reaction. I thought the headline was a brazen misuse of the issue to gain readership and be controversial. I almost did a posting like yours, but I must admit I am growing weary of watching the media dump and dump and dump.

Thanks for saying it, though.

I felt the same way today, when I read that yet another self-appointed death penalty opponent released a "report" that post-conviction writ lawyers are incompetent. Forget that they have nothing to raise. Forget that their client has already had a motion for new trial and a direct appeal. Forget that they might, just might have had a fair trial.

And the media just laps it up and prints it.

TDCAA needs to form a special committee called Committee to Respond to Bogus Reports. They should be paid, though, because they are going to be very busy.