You have the right to remain silent ... and, well, you know the rest. This is perhaps the most famous line spouted in TV police dramas, but the phrase isn't just for entertainment value — it's rooted ...

You have the right to remain silent and the right to an attorney. What does that really mean?June 13, 2016 © 2026 NBCUniversal Media, LLC ...

Thanks to movies and television shows like "Law and Order," you probably know that if police want to interrogate you, you have the right to remain silent and to get an attorney. The protections arose ...

Corrections & Clarifications: Headlines on an earlier version of this article gave incorrect information about the Supreme Court case Miranda v. Arizona. Ernesto Miranda was accused of kidnapping and ...