Miranda Vs. Arizona

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The significance to Miranda vs. Arizona is that the Supreme Court ruled that a detained criminal suspect, prior to police interrogation, must be informed of their constitutional rights to an attorney and against self-incrimination. In 1963, Miranda was arrested for a raping, robbery, and kidnapping.
Even though Miranda did confess under police questioning, he was never informed of his right to an attorney or his right to remain silent. Miranda was eventually convicted and sentenced but he appealed to the Supreme Court in 1966 declaring that his owning up to the crime was unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court ruled that the prosecution could not introduce Miranda's confession as evidence in the trial because the police had failed to inform

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