Miranda

1. When should the Miranda warnings be given and why?

All law enforcement officials must lawfully arrest an individual is a "probable cause" -- a sufficient motive according to facts and situations to think that the individual has done a criminal offense. Law enforcement officials must "Read him his (Miranda) rights," only before interrogating a suspect.

The Miranda Warning is actually a police warning that is provided to criminal suspects that are within the legal care of police officers in the United States before they are able to ask questions pertaining to what happened in the crime. The Miranda warnings were mandated by the 1966 United States Supreme Court decision in the case of Miranda v. Arizona as to...