Edwin Meese
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Edwin "Ed" Meese III (born December 2, 1931 in Oakland, California) served as the seventy-fifth Attorney General of the United States (1985-1988).
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- U.S News: You criticize the Miranda ruling, which gives suspects the right to have a lawyer present before police questioning. Shouldn't people, who may be innocent, have such protection?
Meese: Suspects who are innocent of a crime should. But the thing is, you don't have many suspects who are innocent of a crime. That's contradictory. If a person is innocent of a crime, then he is not a suspect.- (October 14, 1985)"Justice under Reagan: Reagan seeks judges with 'traditional approach' (interview)". U.S. News & World Report 99 (1): p. 67. ISSN 0041-5537.
