memeorandum: Next for Boston suspect: Five legal questions (Josh Gerstein/Reuters)

12:20 PM ET, April 20, 2013

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Emily Bazelon / Slate:

Why Should I Care That No One's Reading Dzhokhar Tsarnaev His Miranda Rights? — When the law gets bent out of shape for him, it's easier to bend out of shape for the rest of us. — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will not hear his Miranda rights before the FBI questions him Friday night.

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Josh Gerstein / Reuters:

Next for Boston suspect: Five legal questions — With Dzhokhar Tsarnaev taken alive, the focus now turns to how the Obama administration is going to seek to bring the Boston Marathon bombing suspect to justice. — Lawyers have already made one potentially critical decision: he hasn't been read his Miranda rights, at least for now.

Discussion: Politico, No More Mister Nice Blog, Telegraph, BuzzFeed and CNN

Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:

What rights should Dzhokhar Tsarnaev get and why does it matter? | Glenn Greenwald — The Obama DOJ says it intends to question the Boston bombing suspect “extensively” without first Mirandizing him — Shortly before Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, an American citizen, was apprehended last night …

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CBS News:

FBI interviewed dead Boston bombing suspect years ago — The FBI admitted Friday they interviewed the now-deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev two years ago and failed to find any incriminating information about him. — As first reported by CBS News correspondent Bob Orr …

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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:

What You Need To Know About Why The Boston Bombing Suspect Hasn't Been Read His Miranda Rights — Despite initial reports to the contrary, FBI agents did not read Boston Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev his Miranda rights immediately after he was taken into custody.

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Dee DeQuattro / WLNE-TV:

Report: 3 arrested in New Bedford in connection to bombing suspect — Neighbors say three have been arrested in New Bedford in connection with the Boston Bombing suspect. — Police apprehended suspects from the Hidden Brook Apartments on Carriage Drive in New Bedford.

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Pierre Thomas / ABCNEWS:

Boston Bomb Suspect Captured Alive in Backyard Boat — The alleged Boston Marathon bomber who hid from authorities for more than 20 hours was captured tonight by police, sending cheers up through the Watertown neighborhood where he was found. — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19 …

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David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online:

Shorter Lindsey Graham: Constitution? What Constitution? — The South Carolina senator wants Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, an American citizen, to be held as an enemy combatant. — Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, sent these two fascinating tweets this afternoon:

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Open Channel:

What's next: The interrogation of the Boston bombing suspect — The FBI invokes the “public safety exception” with Boston bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Chris Hayes breaks down what this means. — The arrest of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ended the manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombers …

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International Business Times:

Feiz Mohammad: Radical Muslim Preacher Who Inspired Boston Marathon Bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev — By GARETH PLATT: Subscribe to Gareth's RSS feed — Feiz Mohammad, the radical preacher cited by dead Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, is a former boxer who blames women for being raped …

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Agoldberg / The Smoking Gun:
Hospital Denies Involvement In Leak Of Grisly Post-Mortem Photo Of Boston Marathon Bomb Suspect

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This Just In:
Boston manhunt: The day after — Police: Boston bombings …

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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Feds Make Miranda Rights Exception for Marathon Bombing Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Discussion: The PJ Tatler, The Verge, ABCNEWS, CBS Boston and ThinkProgress

Jacob Gershman / Law Blog:
The ‘Public Safety’ Exception

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The Times of Israel:
Dead Boston bomber recently became ‘devout Muslim,’ his aunt says

Discussion: Atlas Shrugs

Ben Goad / The Hill:
‘Americans refuse to be terrorized,’ Obama says in weekly address

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Fox News:
‘We got him!’ Second marathon suspect in custody after tense standoff

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Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
Sen. Lindsey Graham: Boston bombing “is Exhibit A of why the homeland is the battlefield”

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Julie Eich / CBS Boston:
CAPTURED - Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Caught In Watertown

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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Friend: Suspect ‘a normal pot head’

Discussion: Daily Mail, Restoring Liberty and The Daily Caller

Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:

Where Obama Went Wrong In The Gun Control Fight — After a hard fought defeat, the White House faces some second-guessing. “They screwed up. This thing was lost in March.” — Via: The White House, Pete Souza, File / AP — WASHINGTON — In one of the toughest defeats …

Discussion: American Prospect, USA Today, Instapundit and Wall Street Journal

Glenn Thrush / Politico: Manchin questions speed of gun bill push

mzv.cz:

Statement of the Ambassador of the Czech Republic on the Boston terrorist attack — As many I was deeply shocked by the tragedy that occurred in Boston earlier this month. It was a stark reminder of the fact that any of us could be a victim of senseless violence anywhere at any moment.

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Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:

City of Boston gave ‘subsidy’ to bombing suspects' radical mosque — Suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev attended a Massachusetts mosque that made a controversial deal with a Boston city agency that allowed it to buy land at a lower-than-market price in exchange …

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Michael Levenson / Boston Globe:
Cambridge wrestling coach recalls Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as ‘dedicated kid’

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Erica Goode / New York Times:
Details of Tsarnaev Brothers' Lives Emerge

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Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:

'I Don't Bluff, I Make Promises': Beck Gives Gov't Until Monday to Come Clean About Boston Bombing Cover-Up — Near the end of today's radio broadcast, Glenn Beck declared that the cover-up of the Saudi link to the Boston Marathon bombing makes this the second most important thing (behind 9/11) …

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Peter Foster / Telegraph:

Boston bombs: Obama lulled America into false confidence over terror threat — The war on terror cannot be fought at an arm's length - and the attacks on Boston have brought uncertainty back to American streets, writes Peter Foster. — In his State of the Union address to the American people earlier …

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