Supreme Court Case: Miranda V. Arizona

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The Supreme Court case I chose is Miranda v. Arizona. The issue the Supreme Court decided on was that people in police custody must be read their rights in accordance with the fifth amendment, which protects them against self-incrimination. If they aren’t read their rights (called Miranda Warnings) anything they say in custody can’t be used as evidence. The Supreme Court decided 5 to 4 in favor of this. I completely agree with the supreme court’s decision, because it respects the first amendment, freedom of speech, and the fifth amendment, which prohibits self-incrimination.

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