Book Review - Miranda
Miranda: The Story of America’s Right To Remain Silent
by Gary L. Stuart
Z Magazine
Watch enough cop shows and you’ll probably end up memorizing that old familiar litany, the one that begins, “You have the right to remain silent.” Watch cop shows long enough and you may even pick up on the fact that this recitation is known as a Miranda warning. What you aren’t likely to find out from watching cop shows is who Miranda was or how it came to be that criminal suspects are “Mirandized”—or read a statement explaining their rights.
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