You know the line from every cop show or movie you’ve seen created after the mid-'60s. Well, that list of rights read aloud is known as the Miranda Warning, and it became part of police practice following a Supreme Court ruling in 1966., and a man from Mesa, who confessed to a heinous crime.In March 1963, a young woman left work in downtown Phoenix and got on the bus to go home.
During interrogation, Miranda confessed to the crime. He wrote in great detail how he "grabbed her by the arm" and "tied her hands and ankles." Ernie Miranda next to other men in a Phoenix Police line upMiranda was convicted in the rape case and the Arizona Supreme Court affirmed that conviction. But in November 1965, the case went to the nation’s highest court.
"You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you. Do you understand the rights I have just read to you? With these rights in mind, do you wish to speak to me?"
When Cooley was asked if he thought Miranda still would have confessed had he been told he could remain silent under today’s law, he said yes. Ultimately in 1976, he was murdered in a downtown Phoenix bar. Ironically, police read the suspect his Miranda Warning before questioning.
Enough pro crime headlines for a few years please
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