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the right to shut up, spoken aloud right when you least feel like listening.

means the warning police must give arrested suspects that they can remain silent and have a lawyer, or nothing they say can be used against them.

from named for ernesto miranda, arrested in phoenix in 1963 and convicted using a confession he never knew he could refuse to give; the supreme court tossed it in 1966 and made the warning mandatory nationwide.

for instance

miranda v arizona1966 supreme court case, 5-4 decision

dickerson v united states2000 ruling upheld miranda as constitutional law

tv cop showsyou have the right to remain silent, said thousands of times since 1966

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