Mirandize
to inform a criminal suspect of his rights
TRANSLATION
Mirandize = jemandem (einem Tatverdächtigen) seine Rechte verlesen --- GOOGLE INDEX Mirandize: approximately 100,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Decision to MIRANDIZE Boston suspect was wise
(The Newark Advocate)
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The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court considered on Oct 4 whether a jail inmate must be MIRANDIZED before police can question him about an unrelated charge.
(www.legalnews.com)
(The Newark Advocate)
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The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court considered on Oct 4 whether a jail inmate must be MIRANDIZED before police can question him about an unrelated charge.
(www.legalnews.com)
Did you
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Mirandize
verb
- to inform a suspect of his legal rights
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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Mirandize is a verb that stems from the so-called Miranda warning, which is given by police in the United States to criminal suspects before they are interrogated to preserve the admissibility of their statements against them in criminal proceedings.
The Miranda warning is part of a preventive criminal procedure rule that law enforcement is required to administer to protect individuals in police custody from a violation of their Fifth Amendment right against compelled self-incrimination.
In the case Miranda versus Arizona, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the admission of an incriminating statement by a suspect not informed of these rights violates the Fifth and the Sixth Amendment right to legal counsel. Thus, if law enforcement officials decline to Mirandize individuals in their custody, they may interrogate them and act upon the knowledge gained, but may not use the statements to incriminate the suspects in a criminal trial.
(adapted from Wikipedia)
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SYNONYMS
read someone their rights
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Some people believe terrorists should not be Mirandized."
verb
- to inform a suspect of his legal rights
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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Mirandize is a verb that stems from the so-called Miranda warning, which is given by police in the United States to criminal suspects before they are interrogated to preserve the admissibility of their statements against them in criminal proceedings.
The Miranda warning is part of a preventive criminal procedure rule that law enforcement is required to administer to protect individuals in police custody from a violation of their Fifth Amendment right against compelled self-incrimination.
In the case Miranda versus Arizona, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the admission of an incriminating statement by a suspect not informed of these rights violates the Fifth and the Sixth Amendment right to legal counsel. Thus, if law enforcement officials decline to Mirandize individuals in their custody, they may interrogate them and act upon the knowledge gained, but may not use the statements to incriminate the suspects in a criminal trial.
(adapted from Wikipedia)
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SYNONYMS
read someone their rights
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Some people believe terrorists should not be Mirandized."
