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What are Your Miranda Rights?
When police officers make an arrest, they are required to read you your Miranda rights. The exact verbiage is as follows: “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 […]
Invoking Your Right to Silence with Police
If you’ve watched enough cop shows on TV, you know you have the right to remain silent after you have been arrested. Your Miranda rights, which stem from the case of Miranda v. Arizona (1965), are the rights officers are required by law to read to you when taking you into custody. These rights inform […]
Miranda Rights — When They Apply and When They Don’t
Anyone familiar with television police shows such as Law and Order or CSI has surely seen the police officers portrayed on these shows reading Miranda rights to suspects: You have the right to remain silent Your statements may be used to incriminate you in court You have the right to an attorney Counsel can be […]
