The US Supreme Court has declined an invitation to create a special rule for advising juvenile suspects of their Miranda rights prior to an interrogation. In a 5 to 4 decision announced Tuesday, the high court said that criminal suspects who are juveniles are not entitled to more deferential treatment than adult suspects in terms of when Miranda warnings are issued.
The decision reverses an earlier ruling by the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco that had overturned the conviction of a 17-year-old involved in a 1995 murder. The majority justices rejected the Ninth Circuit's reasoning, saying the appeals court had overstepped its authority. "The Court of Appeals was nowhere close to the mark," writes Justice Anthony Kennedy for the majority.
Details here from the Christian Science Monitor, or read the Court's decision here.