Extra Credit - Right to Remain Silent: Miranda v. Arizona

In the United States, your "right to remain silent" is granted to citizens through which amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

• First Amendment

• Fifth Amendment

• Tenth Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

TRUE or FALSE:

During the 1630's in Britain, judges in the secret Star Chamber would often punish defendants with torture, regardless of whether they confessed to a crime, denied committing the crime, or refused to answer their questions.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which of the following is NOT an example of the "third degree" treatment given to suspects by the police in order to get a confession?

• Whippings

• Beatings

• Notification of their rights

• Questioning for hours

Which of the following cases did NOT play a role in the final decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Miranda v. Arizona?

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Escobedo v. Illinois

• Jones v. Mississippi

TRUE OR FALSE:

The 5th Amendment guarantees you the right to a lawyer.

• TRUE

• FALSO

After the U.S. Supreme Court issued their ruling on Miranda v. Arizona, Ernesto Miranda was re-tried with evidence that didn't include his earlier confession. What happened to him? Choose all that apply.

• Ernesto Miranda was found guilty for a second time

• Ernesto Miranda was stabbed to death

• Ernesto Miranda was found not guilty

• Ernesto Miranda went on to graduate from law school and fought to protect the rights of others