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    The Miranda Warning “Movie and TV shows often depict crime with a police officer handcuffing a suspect and warning him that he has the right to remain silent. While those warnings may appear clear-cut, almost 1 million criminal cases may be compromised each year in the United States at the 119th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association.”(Rogers, 2011) The Miranda warning, also known as the Miranda rights, is important and in place to inform people of their rights upon arrest. Everyone

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    Miranda warnings would not be required because John was not being questioned at the time that he was making self-incriminating statements. John was in custody, the “legal concept of custody exists when a suspect recognizes that he is not free to leave an immediate area“ (Reid, 2017). John wasn’t advised of the Fifth Amendment, which “gives individuals the right to refuse answering any questions or make any statements” (Fifth Amendment Right Against Self-Incrimination, 2017). It was legal due to the

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    The Miranda Warning

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    The Miranda warnings are to be read to all suspect in custody who are interrogated (Hall, 2015). Officer Norman violated the suspect Fifth Amendment rights when failing to Mirandized him after continuing to question his motives pertaining to the crime. The United States Supreme Court decided in 1966, that the historic case of Miranda versus Arizona acknowledged that whenever a suspect is detained in police custody, before being interrogated, he or she must be informed of their Fifth Amendment rights

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    The Miranda Warning

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    The author Rogers and Shuman basic apparatuses of the Miranda warning are cited by the authors (Rogers, Harrison, Hazelwood, & Sewell, 2007). First, an individual has a right to be silent. Second, a suspect should be informed that any statements obtained may be used as an admission of guilt. Third, all suspects have a right to an attorney. Fourth, an individual should be informed that if they cannot afford an attorney the courts will appoint them one. Finally, an individual is asked if they

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    Miranda Warning

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    law enforcement should be required to give the Miranda warning upon requesting to search an individual without prior reasoning has caused much controversy in the past. One might think that a topic as simple as this one would have a simple solution; law enforcement should be required to give a warning similar to the Miranda warning upon request to search an individual, or an individual’s property, without prior reasoning or warrant. The Miranda warning is typically issued when a warranted arrest is

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    The Miranda Warnings

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    Miranda warnings were first invoked by the U.S. Supreme Court, to protect the Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights for its citizens, during criminal proceedings. The Miranda case itself involved a Phoenix Arizona man, who was taken into police custody, and transported to a police station and interrogated for over two hours. This interrogation produced a signed confession to kidnapping and rape, which ultimately ended up in a 20-30 year prison sentence. The decision was upheld by the State Supreme Court

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    As a result of the Miranda case the police must give warnings to all suspects when they have to answer questions related to a criminal case. The Miranda warnings are based on the Fifth Amendment right to be protected from self-incrimination and the Sixth Amendment that gives all suspects the right to have an attorney. The Miranda Warnings consist of telling suspects that they have the right to remain silent, that anything they say can be used against them in a court of law, that they have the right

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    The Miranda Warning is a law put in place to protect the innocent, and the guilty. This law also protects law enforcement agents. Without this law, police officers could do, and say whatever they wanted to any suspect. When a cop reads a suspect their Miranda Rights he says, “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

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    Garrity/Miranda Warnings

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    The Garrity and Miranda warning is utilized in counteractive and unauthorized inquiries. A difference with the two warnings is that a person who has a Garrity warnings is in jail while the Miranda warning employee has received questioning more than the norm. Miranda rights are used in a governmental inquiry while no lawful module may be useful in wrongful examinations. Supervisors use the Garrity and Miranda warnings due to the nature of the wrongdoings of their employees. These signals are

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    The Miranda Warning is highly important. If the police fail to read the suspect his or her Miranda Rights the prosecutor can't use for most purposes anything the suspect says as evidence against the suspect at trial. The Miranda Warning requires that officers let you know of certain facts after your arrest, before questioning you. A rule was made that when police have you in custody, they have to remind you of your Constitutional rights before questioning you or they can't use the things you say

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