By 1980 Chief Justice Burger changed his mind about overruling Miranda, for the following reasons, EXCEPT
A. Concern that overruling Miranda would tacitly condoning abusive police tactics
B. A desire to maintaining the symbol of the Court as a guarantor of individual liberties
C. A realization that Miranda did not stop police from obtaining confessions
D. A realization that Miranda generated an unacceptable number of false confessions
ANSWER: D
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