what was the impact on society after the miranda vs arizona case?
As the years wore on, however, Miranda grew to be familiar and widely accepted. Due to the prevalence of American television police dramas made since that decision in which the police read suspects their “Miranda rights”, it has become an expected element of arrest procedure around the world. As a result of the case, the American English vocabulary has acquired a new verb, “to mirandize” meaning to read to a suspect, held in custody, his Miranda rights. Americans began to feel that the warnings contributed to the legitimacy of police interrogations. In the actual practise, it was found many suspects waived their Miranda rights and confessed anyway Even aside blatant circumvention, the issue of “free will” in waiving Miranda rights has been raised, with the suggestion a suspect, simply by being in custody, is already sufficiently coerced as to call “free will” into question.
