Miranda Rights

Tina Turner

Preview
- What are the Miranda rights
- Why is this relevant
- Two Important cases
- How not be wrongfully convicted as an innocent person

Miranda right
Established June 3, 1966
- Named after Ernesto Miranda
- Based on the Fifth and Sixth Amendment

 You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be
hold against you in the court of law. You have the right to an attorney.
If you can not afford one, one will be provided for you.
- Miranda Rights

No Person Shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise

infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury.
Nor shall any person be subject for the same offense of twice put in
jeopardy of life or limb; Nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to
be a witness against himself: Nor be deprived of life, liberty, or public
use, without just compensation.
- Fifth Amendment. (n.d.).

 In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a

speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district
wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall
have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the
nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the
witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining
witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his
defense.
- Sixth Amendment. ( n.d.)

Why is this relevant

- Police officers violate rights
- 2.5 million people in prison
- This could be you

 We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect

Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the
common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the
Blessing of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity (people in the
future), do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States
of America.
- The Constitution. (2015)

This is the supreme law of the United States and it was established to
be the source of all government power and to provide important
limitations on the government that protect the rights of all United
States citizens.
- The Constitution. (2015)

Important Cases
- Miranda Vs Arizona
- Memphis 3

Miranda Vs Arizona , and The Memphis 3

Miranda Vs Arizona
- Arrested at Home
- Robbery, Kidnap, and Rape
- Had Prior Charges

Miranda Vs Arizona
- Was not informed of his rights
- Interrogated for 2 hours
- No attorney present

Miranda Vs Arizona
- Conviction overthrown
- Retried
- Found Guilty

Memphis 3
- 3 young men wrongfully convicted
- Triple homicide of second grade boys
- Never found the real killer

Memphis 3
- New evidence
- Released 2011
- 13 years later

We the people are the rightful master of both Congress and the
courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the
men who pervert the Constitution.
- Abraham Lincoln

To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very

humanity.
- Nelson Mandela

Review
- What are the Miranda Rights
- Why is this Relevant
- Two Important cases
- How not be an innocent person, wrongfully convicted

Miranda Rights
Tina Turner