Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wasn't Mirandized -- U.S.' justice has already stumbled.
Originally Posted by I B Hankering
He doesn't have to be Mirandized.
There is a very limited public safety exception to Miranda that allows the police to ask certain kinds of questions before Miranda warnings are given. The questions have to have the very limited purpose of allowing police "to secure their own safety or the safety of the public" were permitted under the public safety exception.
There is a detailed explanation here:
http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/pu...1/legal_digest
The exceptions all seem to be related to asking arrested suspects where they stashed or dumped weapons or bombs.
The US v. Khalil case involved asking a suspect about how to disarm his bombs and how many there were.
I imagine the police and FBI are/were going to question the marathon bomber(s) about where other bombs might be and how to disarm them.
That may not apply now. Too much time may be gone by and it may be assumed that any bombs that he threw out of the getaway car would have been found or detonated by now. So, unless they find another bomb and for some reason cannot dispose of it, then they may question him without reading him his rights.