Arizona Marks the 50th Year of You Knowing Your Rights

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[quote]PHOENIX — An arrest in Arizona 50 years ago that led to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision is the subject of an exhibit that includes the handwritten confession famously thrown out by the nation's highest court.

The warning from police that suspects have the right to remain silent sprang, in part, from the arrest of Ernesto Miranda in Phoenix on March 13, 1963.
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"It changed law enforcement," he said. "The scales of justice prior to this may have been tipped in law enforcement's favor, but certainly weren't tipped in the fairness of justice and protecting the rights of the suspect."
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The Supreme Court ruled that prosecutors can't use a person's statements to police unless they can show that there were procedural safeguards to protect a person's right against self-incrimination. The court ruled arrested people must be warned before any police questioning that they have a right to remain silent, that anything they say can be used against them in court and that they have the right to have an attorney in the interrogation room.[/quote]
[url]http://www.policeone.com/legal/articles/6149997-Phoenix-police-mark-50-years-since-Miranda-arrest/[/url]

For those who dont know about [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_v._Arizona]Miranda vs. Arizona[/url]

[credesniper]

You're welcome, rest of the U.S.

[Flak]

Pretty crazy to think that it was only 50 years ago. There are still lots of people who think criminals have no rights and prisons should be shitholes where people rot (as opposed to centers of correction and rehabilitation).

[Carnage2323]

Holy shit. I never knew my state played such a large role in something to protect our rights

[Daniel M]

The only good thing that ever came out of Arizona.

I'm from Phoenix.