Miranda v. Arizona: You Have the Right to Remain Silent
The Supreme Court ruled 5–4 that police must inform suspects of their right to counsel and against self-incrimination before interrogation, transforming the Miranda warning into a mandatory step for law enforcement. This decision forced agencies nationwide to adopt specific protocols ensuring suspects voluntarily waive these rights, fundamentally changing how custodial interrogations proceed in American courts.
June 13, 1966
60 years ago
Key Figures & Places
What Else Happened on June 13
Two emperors who hated each other agreed on exactly one thing. Constantine and Licinius met in Milan in February 313, sealed a political marriage, and hammered …
en la biblioteca del Monasterio de San Millán de Yuso, un escribiente anónimo termina de escribir las Glosas emilianenses, que tradicionalmente se consideran el…
en Palestina ―en el marco de la Primera Cruzada (1096‑1099)― los cruzados del papa Urbano II realizan el primer asalto fallido contra la ciudad de Jerusalén.
en el norte de las islas británicas, Alejandro III de Escocia es coronado Señor de Escocia.
el Tratado de Paz de Rostock, concluido entre varias ciudades y príncipes hanseáticos, provoca un auge económico en Wismar y otras ciudades del mar Báltico.
He left home at 21 thinking he'd be back in a year. Ibn Battuta never returned. What started as a hajj to Mecca stretched into 75,000 miles across 44 modern cou…
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