You Have the Right to Remain Silent

Miranda v. Arizona

Luiza Odhiambo Senior Division Individual Website

PROCESS PAPER
When my class as introduced to the to!ic o" #ational History Day e ere all con"used and un!re!ared$ I had !ersonally never done a !ro%ect that too& si' months to com!lete( When the time came to choose a to!ic) I didn*t thin& I could "ind one that intrigued my interests$ Our teacher gave us the lin& to to!ic suggestions on the #HD ebsite$ I loo&ed through the "irst !age and nothing caught my attention$ When I read the second !age I as "ascinated by the sub%ect o" the dressing rights o" +uslim omen$ #e't I sa the to!ic o" +iranda v$ ,rizona$ Right a ay I &no I ould !re"er this issue more than the other because I had some !revious &no ledge on +iranda v$ ,rizona$ I*m a !erson ho loves crime drama series$ In some e!isodes hen the accused is arrested) they are read their +iranda Rights$ ,t this !oint I already &ne the "irst three lines in the arning) and I gathered hat ould be the harm in learning the history behind the "amous right that is no used as television dialogue$ -irst I researched the to!ic online$ I used our school*s library data base that o""ers great resources that are credible$ I had no shortage o" in"ormation ith this to!ic$ ,"ter using the library data base) I decided to use .oogle$ /ven though .oogle is not a reliable resource there are ebsites ithin .oogle that are highly credible$ #e't I emailed a la yer ho re!resented a de"endant hose verdict as overruled because o" the ,rizona Su!reme 0ourt ruling$ When he didn*t re!ly I had to regrou! my research$ It became clear I had to rely on my online sources$ +y most im!ortant source as 0ornell 1niversity$ 2he selection o" my !resentation category as e""ortless$ I ould not consider mysel" an artistic !erson$ 2hat automatically eliminated the !er"ormance category$ 2he e'hibit

reminded me too much o" Science -air and I never li&ed !asting things on a board$ I al ays thought my talents could be used in a more !roductive ay$ I didn*t choose documentary because I anted to do something out o" my com"ort zone but not com!letely out o" the bo'$ ,lso I consider documentary as a grou! !ro%ect$ I didn*t choose !a!er because I anted to sho the %udges hat I could do$ I "elt !a!er as a category that &e!t me constrained in the bo' I anted to get out o"$ 2hat le"t only one category) ebsite$ I chose this because it meets my re3uirements and I got to select a category that I could en%oy and one that didn*t "eel li&e home or&$ +y !ro%ect relates to #HD theme because it "alls under the category o" Rights$ 2his case hel!ed determine the rights o" the accused$ It established that even though someone is accused o" a crime they are still a civilian and they deserve rights$ Without these rights !otential "elons ould be treated !oorly and no one ould have a say about it$ (498 Words)