On June 13,1966, the Supreme Court hands down its decision in Miranda v. Arizona, establishing the principle that all criminal suspects must be advised of their rights before interrogation. March 2, 1963, an 18-year-old Phoenix woman told police that she had been kidnapped, driven to the desert and raped. Tracking the license plate number of a car that resembled that of her attacker's brought police to Ernesto Miranda, who had been branded as a peeping tom. Although the victim did not identify Miranda in a line-up, he was brought into police custody and interrogated. He confessed but his lawyer found loopholes in the case after he was convicted and granted an appeal, Miranda was let free, but was eventually stabbed to death.

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