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Old 10-14-2010, 08:47 AM   #92
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Originally Posted by HeartsOfFire View Post
Yes and no.

Up until you've been read your rights and you acknowledge that you understand them, nothing you say up to that point can be used against you in court because it is inadmissable.

After you've been read your rights and you acknowledge that you understand those rights, anything is fair game.
Those are Miranda rights I assume you are referring to, and in Canada we do not have them. Anything you say to police at anytime can be used against you in a court of law.

That is essentially the whole point of this thread, is that the ruling maintained the absence of those rights.
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