vii.1: The Right to Remain Silent

“In 1966 the U.S. Supreme Court… TV police dramas.”
Miranda v. Arizona 384 US 436 (1966).

“An estimated 78 to 96 percent of all suspects… to assert them.”
Leo, Richard A. 2001. Questioning the Relevance of Miranda in the Twenty-First Century. Michigan Law Review 99:1000

vii.2: Selling Out

“A 2004 study of the 111 exonerees… testimony from snitches.”
Northwestern University School of Law Center on Wrongful Convictions. “The Snitch System: How Snitch Testimony Sent Randy Steidl and Other Innocent Americans to Death Row.” 2004.

“While being questioned… was exonerated in 1993.”
Northwestern University School of Law Center on Wrongful Convictions. “The Snitch System: How Snitch Testimony Sent Randy Steidl and Other Innocent Americans to Death Row.” 2004.

“Though federal law prohibits the prosecution from offering ‘anything of value to any person for or because of testimony’…”
United States Code, Title 18, section 201(c)(2)