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You Have the Right to Remain Silent…

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

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Police School [between 1909 and 1940]. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/npcc.28466.
Police School [between 1909 and 1940]. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/npcc.28466.
The above phrase is one of the most recognized in the U.S. criminal justice system.  It has been included in so many TV shows and movies that I imagine many people will automatically continue to recite the rest of the words!

June 13, 2016, was the 50th anniversary of the famous Supreme Court decision in the case of Miranda v. Arizona, which gave rise to what is now commonly referred to as the “Miranda warning.”  This week, the Law Library of Congress will hold an event about the depiction of law in popular culture, which will include a montage of film clips showing the reading of the Miranda warning in movies and TV shows over the last 50 years.  The Law Library has also produced an online publication commemorating the 50th anniversary of the decision.  There you can find various documents