The Justice for Gerard Movement presents…..
TURNING A MOMENT INTO A MOVEMENT!
Friday May 20, 2022 6pm
Guest: Abdul Hakeem
Paralegal/ Justice Advocate
Topic: Understanding Your Miranda Rights
“You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you. Do you understand the rights I have just read to you? With these rights in mind, do you wish to speak to me?”
The Purpose of the Miranda Warning is to inform then arrested person of their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and their Sixth Amendment right to counsel so they can make intelligent choices about whether to waive those rights and speak to the police, whether to invoke those rights and not submit to interrogation, and whether to insist on having an attorney present before and during questioning.
Miranda Rights were first brought into the forefront in the United States in 1966. The United States Supreme Court decision in Miranda vs. Arizona defines the country's citizen's rights when it comes to protecting a criminal suspect's Fifth Amendment rights to avoid self-incriminating themselves when being arrested.
People assume that if they are not read their Miranda Rights, their case will be thrown out. This is not True!. While it is true that police are required to read a Miranda warning when a suspect is in custody, if they do not, the consequence for the prosecution is that any evidence obtained from the defendant from the time that the defendant was in custody (i.e. arrested) and the time their rights were finally read cannot be used against the defendant. However, it does not mean that charges against a defendant will simply be dropped.
So join Jay Love Host, representing the Justice for Gerard Movement
-Attorney Hugo Mack
-Rev Tia Littlejohn
-Edward Sanders…..for this very much needed conversation.
To learn more about The Justice for Gerard Movement go to www.change.org/Justice4Gerard
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