Hi, Crime Junkies. I'm your host, Ashley Flowers.

And we mentioned at the end of last week's episode that Brutani are going to take the

holiday off to spend time with our families. But, instead of leaving you without any content,

I thought I'd come back with another precedent-setting story.

One that, like our last precedent episode on John Brady, is all about ensuring there is

transparency and balance leading up to an arrest or trial of an accused person.

This one is about what happens at the time of someone's arrest. And if you have seen

a single law in order episode, you probably know exactly what I'm talking about. Say it

with me.

You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you in a court

of law. You have the right to an attorney. You get it.

Those brief few sentences should be part of any crime junkies vocabulary if you're ever

quizzed about your fifth and sixth amendment rights. Each and every word in that warning

is vitally important to all of us if we ever find ourselves being arrested and charged

with a crime.

The Miranda warning didn't always exist, though. And honestly, what it stands for wasn't

even that important in America's criminal justice system prior to the late 1960s.

That's when the arrest and subsequent interrogation of an Arizona man changed everything about

what can and can't be used against a person if they talk to the police without being made

aware of their constitutional rights. Before there was a Miranda warning, there was Ernesto

Miranda. This is his story.

In the early morning hours of March 3rd, 1963, when Phoenix police officer Carol Kooley responded

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