Miranda Rights Born: Two Murders Change Law
The brutal murders of Emily Hoffert and Janice Wylie in their Upper East Side Manhattan apartment shocked New York City and led to a wrongful conviction that helped spur the landmark Miranda v. Arizona Supreme Court decision. An innocent man, George Whitmore Jr., was coerced into confessing — his case became a textbook example of why suspects needed to be informed of their rights before interrogation.
August 28, 1963
63 years ago
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