Question

Subject Business law .Read Miranda v. Arizona in the textbook (Chapter 6), watch the NBC video (link provided) and answer the questions below.

1. What are Miranda Rights?

2. Where did Miranda Rights originate?

3. Why do you think Miranda Rights are important?

4. Did Ernesto Miranda serve time for his crimes?

5. What ultimately happened to Ernesto Miranda?

Answer 1

1 and 2.

The US Constitution gives the following rights to detained criminal suspects

a. The police must inform the suspects about the Constitution's Fifth Amendment, that is, a suspect has the RIGHT to refuse to be a witness against him/herself.
b. The police must also inform the suspect about the Sixth Amendment, that guarantees an attorney to the suspect.

These rights of a detained criminal suspect are known as Miranda Rights.

As stated above these rights originated from the constitutional amendments. But came into prominence in 1966 after the famous Miranda vs Arizona Case. The US Supreme Court gave the decision in this case.

3.
Think about the importance of Miranda Rights from a point of view of a person who can not afford a lawyer and the police office is trying to abuse his power to protect someone else. How important would Miranda Rights be in such a scenario?

In scenarios where someone is being framed for something they did not do, Miranda Rights are needed.

Miranda rights are important to safeguard a person's right of not incriminating self.

4.
He did not serve the time sentenced. This is what happened

He was convicted in 1963. He appealed to the Arizona Supreme Court and the conviction was upheld. Then he appealed in the US Supreme Court but was acquitted. He was again tried by the Arizona state and this time he was sentenced for 20-30 years for various crimes.He was out on parole in 1972.

5.
Ultimately, after his parole he lost his driving license and then was killed by a lethal wound from a knife during a fight in a bar.