[SOLVED] Voluntary and Involuntary Confessions
Summary: In Miranda v. Arizona, the United States Supreme Court held that the police must inform suspects, before interrogation, of certain constitutional rights. These rights have become popularly known as the Miranda rights. Under the Constitution, specifically the Fifth Amendment, persons accused of a crime, or held in suspicion of a crime, must be informed of their right to remain silent, their right to be represented by counsel, and must be told that any statements they make can and will be used against them as evidence. Compare and contrast voluntary and involuntary confessions. How did the court apply these concepts to the Miranda decision? Provide and example of when a person is and is not in custody. Is there a difference between an interview and an interrogation? If a person waives his or her Miranda rights, how long is the waiver valid? Can a person change his or her mind? Can the police keep trying to get a suspect to talk until he or she agrees to do so without a lawyer? Should there be any exceptions to the rule that a person is to be informed of their rights? Discuss. Through writing this assignment, you will be responsible for using a minimum of 2 scholarly/peer-reviewed sources (e.g. GMC Library). Textbooks are not considered a scholarly/peer-reviewed source; however, they may still be included as a supplemental reference. Your assignment is to be a minimum of 500 words. Going over the minimum page length requirement is acceptable; however, I am not looking for a 10+ page essay. Be as thorough as possible when writing your assignment, and remember, this is an academic assignment, so no text-talk, no conversational tone, and ABOVE ALL OTHER THINGS don’t plagiarize!! Lastly, spell-check and proofread your work! Failure to follow these steps will negatively impact your grade. For this course, you will submit the graded activity using Turnitin. An Originality Report will become available within a few minutes after your first submission. Inside the Originality Report will be a Similarity Index. The Similarity Index shows a percentage of the material in your paper which matches other sources found by Turnitin. You will be expected to have a Similarity Index of less than 20%. If your Similarity Index is greater than 20% you will need to review your Originality Report to be sure that you have paraphrased your work appropriately, and cited your sources correctly. The Originality Report will help you to avoid plagiarism and improve the quality and content of your essay. It is strongly suggested that you keep direct quotations to a minimum, and never copy and paste text without proper citations. You have until the activity due date to resubmit your work, however, there will be a 24-hour delay before the Originality Report becomes available. It is your responsibility to submit your activity on time, with a Similarity Index of less than 20%. General APA Formatting Guidelines: The assignment should have an APA title page and an APA reference page. The APA title page and APA reference page DO NOT count towards the minimum word count! Your body of work needs to be a minimum of 500 words. Note that an APA abstract page is NOT required! Font Type: Times New Roman Font Size: 12 point Margins: 1 inch on all sides Spacing: Double-spacing Justification: Left Paragraph Indentation: Use the Tab key to indent all paragraphs one half-inch from the left margin
