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The '''Miranda warning''' is a required reading of the [[constitutional]] rights a suspect has by the [[police]] while the suspect is held in their custody, before the police may question him.  

The '''Miranda warning''' is a required reading of the [[constitutional]] rights a suspect has by the [[police]] while the suspect is held in their custody, before the police may question him.

 

There are public safety and national security exemptions to the requirement of providing the Miranda warning.  In the arrest of the 19-year-old [[Boston Marathon]] bombing suspect, law enforcement invoked the public safety exemption in choosing not to provide the Miranda warning to the suspect.

Outlined in the Fifth and Sixth Amendments - The right to remain silent, that anything he says will be used against him in court, right to have an attorney present during questioning, an [[Court-appointed attorney|attorney]] will be appointed if the person cannot afford one. The [[police]] will then ask if the suspect understands this warning.

Outlined in the Fifth and Sixth Amendments - The right to remain silent, that anything he says will be used against him in court, right to have an attorney present during questioning, an [[Court-appointed attorney|attorney]] will be appointed if the person cannot afford one. The [[police]] will then ask if the suspect understands this warning.