Do the miranda warnings help too many criminals go free?

Not really,

First most people are confused, it does not have to be given when they are arrested, it does not have to be given when they are booked, it only has to be given when a person is a suspect or in custody and are questioned.

So if a person is questioned and not given their rights, then the confession can not be used against them. But honestly most criminals don't confess, at least until they work at a plea deal with the DA.

Television would certainly have us believe so.

Hello noya:

Your question assumes that some were, indeed, let loose. If you assume that there were some, you must also have some idea as to how many? How many is too many to you?

Me?? I don't assume that ANY criminal has ever gotten away with his crime, solely due to Miranda. Frankly, I challenge you to show me ONE, just ONE.

excon

Miranda Read of rights, well it this way, if they read you your rights they must think you do something wrong.

So, in my opinion with they ask you if you undersatnd the rights just given, simply answer NO!

Without a positive answer from you, they have a problem, you don't understand.
They will badger you, shout at you do anything that can to get you to speak . Don't SPEAK YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT! USE IT!!

I lost one excon because of the Miranda Rights,

I had did a pursit outside of my jurisdiction. There were four people in the car and I got 3 of them but the driver got away.

I lied ( which was allowed) to get the others to give up who the other person was. But that was all I had, the word of co defendants, no other evidence ( which is not enough to get a conviction, at least by a strict judge) so by making a deal I got the other person to confess, but in the confussion, no one gave him his rights. So we lost him.

Hello Padre:

You didn't lose it because of Miranda. You lost it because of bad police procedure.

What the OP means, I think, is that a guilty guy is told he doesn't have to say anything, so he doesn't, and the cops have nothing else, and so because he didn't talk/confess, Miranda freed him.

In the real world, that wouldn't happen.

excon

Do the miranda warnings help too many criminals go free?
Techically speaking, the Miranda warning does not help a criminal to go free. The police officer who fails to verbally speak the warning, and get the individual to understand their rights, has more to letting the criminal go free than the waring itself.

Yes, it is to the advantage of the criminal if he understands his/her rights, and even more to his advantage (or luck) if the office forgets the warning. Not too many criminals go free from the police forgetting to verbalize the warning, however, it does happen.