During the intense manhunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev after the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15, 2013, the FBI found Tsarnaev hiding in a boat in a Boston suburb. This, however, took a controversial turn as the authorities decided to ignore the Miranda Warnings by not Mirandizing him. Because of this, the entire trial and conviction became shrouded in controversy. The Miranda Warnings were established after Ernesto Miranda, an alleged rapist in Phoenix, Arizona, appealed his case because of the fact that he did not know his rights granted by the Fifth and Sixth Amendments prior to interrogation. As a result of this appeal, the Supreme Court handed down its decision that all criminal suspects must be dictated their rights before interrogation. …show more content…
Many arguments, however, state that terrorists void all of their rights after committing their crime, thus negating the usage of Miranda Rights. Unfortunately, these arguments disregard the whole concept of the Constitution, that all citizens are granted the same rights and liberties until thoroughly proven guilty in a court of law. The Constitution and its Amendments grant the citizens of the United States the right to remain silent and the right to an attorney, which both should be read to criminal suspects following Miranda v. Arizona. This being said, the majority of criminals are, in fact, read these warnings, but some American terror suspects are not. Therefore, serial killers, rapists, and thieves are read these warnings, but American terror suspects are not. No matter the crime or its severity, an American citizen is entitled to these Miranda Warnings. Ultimately, an American citizen holds certain freedoms and liberties that must be protected and enforced rather than stripped to perhaps obtain information about the attacks, whose existence is …show more content…
In all actuality, the exact opposite exists (Chang n. pag.), in which individuals remain speaking even after being told their Miranda Warnings.While not only suppressing American citizens’ rights and freedoms, refusing to read American terror suspects their Miranda Warnings also leads to an unfair trial, whose frequency in the United States has become a problem. The United States of America, a country established on individual rights, freedoms, and liberties, cannot represent the land in which its citizens are stripped of their fundamental rights because of a crime. Unfair trials, many involving the misuse of the death penalty, have resulted in the deaths and incarcerations of many innocent, law-abiding individuals. Without the proper recital of a citizen’s rights prior to arrest, the citizen may release inaccurate information or information that he or she feels forced to give. With this ability to interrogate terror suspects without informing them of their rights, the authorities have an unfair advantage with many interrogation techniques and tactics to pry the suspect’s mouth open. This very action of manipulation results in an unfair trial whose proceedings lack the justified, law-enforcing purpose which our Constitution’s judicial system intended. At its core, the refusal to read an