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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Washington Supreme Court ruled last week that Renton police violated a murder suspect’s ...

PHOENIX (AP) – An arrest in Arizona 50 years ago that led to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision is the subject of an exhibit that includes the handwritten confession famously thrown out by the ...

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 ...