The Miranda v. Arizona (1966) case sparked controversy after Ernesto Miranda, an Arizona man who had …show more content…
The Fifth Amendment, which offers criminal defendants certain rights, such as the right to a grand jury, the right that no one should be put on trial for the same crime twice, and the right of due process, also states that no one “shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.” (Fifth Amendment: an overview, 2009) This means that the accused cannot be forced to confess to a