Miranda Rights and Their Importance in a Trial

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Introduction
Miranda rights are not necessarily important for a trial to continue. My position is that if a
suspect makes a confession without being Mirandize, there is no consequences to the full trial
course. Many people believe they can escape justice or punishment if they are arrested and
they are not read their rights. This is entirely not true. However, If the police arrests a suspect
and fails to read to the suspect their rights, the prosecution can’t use the suspects evidence
against him or her in the trial for most purposes (Cassell, & Guiora, 2018). But as with
criminal law, there are legal rules to the exceptions of the law.
Miranda Rights and Warnings
Miranda rights and warning (derived from the supreme courts of U.S Miranda v. Arizona
decision), requires that police officer have the obligation to let the suspect know of certain
facts before the suspects arrests before questioning. Officers of the law in Miranda warning
must convey to you that
 That the suspect have the right to remain silent
 Anything the suspect says or does will be used or can be used against the person in a
court of law
 The suspect is notified that he or she has the right to a lawyer during any questioning
and
 If the suspect cannot afford a lawyer, a lawyer will be appointed on his or her desire
to represent the suspect.
The right of the suspect is guaranteed in the constitution. In fact, the Fifth amendment in
the constitution is exempts an individual from testifying against themselves. After the
Miranda effect were implemented by the U.S Supreme court, to protect the suspect. In this
case, Mr Jones has already testified against himself. The arrested person may answer the