The Miranda Warning is a statement police officers must give to criminal suspects of the
United States who are in custody. These rights must be read to the criminal suspect before
the officer is allowed to ask them any types of questions that pertain to the events that took
place during the time of the alleged crime. The exact words that a criminal suspect would
hear are,
“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 attorney, one will
be provided for you. Do you understand the rights I have just read to you? With these
rights in mind, do you wish to speak to me?” (Miranda Warning.org).
These exact words, known as the Miranda Rights were put into place On June 13, 1966
(Miranda Warning. org). The home website of the Miranda Warning states that, “[t]he
Miranda Warning is a legal necessity throughout the United States, and varies only slightly
in its wording in different states”. The reading of the Miranda Warning to all criminal
suspects must be completed in the correct time period of the events happening and every
single time a suspect is detained; otherwise, suspects that may have committed the crime
will be innocent due to The Fifth Amendment right as evident in the case against Miranda
versus Arizona.
The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution extends numerous protections to those
individuals facing criminal charges. “The statement known as “I plead the
