It is well within the rights of a police officer to use coercion to elicit answers from the accused, but allowing for that small shift in power only ensures greater shifts in power until it's borderline abuse. In past cases such as, Gideon V. Wainwright (1963), criminal defendant, Clarence Gideon, was convicted without ever have spoken to a lawyer despite his demands for one, this oversight in justice and slight against him further prove the importance of miranda rights. The Miranda warning ensures every citizen knows their constitutional rights, reaffirming the powers of the people and their right to know what they legally have to endure and the means by which it happens. This levels the powers of the police with the powers of the accused, keeping a neutral ground on which both have room to exercise their respective liberties. The Miranda warning ensures the liberty of the accused and the police by allowing for the entire police force to operate under a standard, keeping their integrity and liberty intact.…