 Bakersfield Californian - stated that " local attorneys [ are ] mixed on the decision " , citing a variety of local attorneys . These included a defense attorney as saying " [ t ] <unk> will tell whether this activist conservative @-@ majority Supreme Court is doing the right thing in moving back the clock on Miranda rights " and a district attorney as saying " Miranda had been broadened over the years far beyond what was necessary for its original goal of protecting suspects from [ coercion ] ... police culture has dramatically changed for the better in the 40 @-@ plus years since it came into being " . A second defense attorney was quoted as saying that " [ i ] t 's placing too much on a person who is already in an incredibly stressful situation . If I sit you down in a chair in a little room and shine a harsh light in your face and question you for three hours , under those conditions I could get a ham sandwich to confess . " A county public defender opined that the ruling was not unfavorable , as a clear answer would be preferable to uncertainty . Local police stated the ruling did not affect how interrogations would be conducted . 
