don't say what i don't mean; no way you'll silence me

so here's an interesting tidbit of trivia. any fan of american cop shows (or who has been arrested i suppose) would be familiar with the miranda rights, which basically is the rights for a suspect to remain silent and to request for an attorney to be present during questioning. now the miranda rights are apparently named after one ernesto miranda, who was convicted for robbery and rape. he apparently confessed not knowing he had the rights to remain silent or to get an attorney. the arizona supreme court upheld the conviction, and his lawyer brought the case to the supreme court, who found his confession to essentially be unconstitutional. hence the miranda rights was born, with the supreme court basically forcing the the police to inform suspects of their rights, making it up to the suspects themselves to waive them.

but the more interesting story was what happened to ernesto miranda afterwards. his original conviction was overturned since illegal evidence had been used in that case (i.e. his confession). but he clearly committed the crimes and was eventually sentenced to 11 years in prison. now apparently, after he was released, he made a "modest living" (i'm quoting wikipedia) autographing miranda rights cards that the police carry around with them (so that they can read the suspects their rights, an activity we frequently see at the end of cop shows). but in 1976, miranda was killed in a bar fight. ironically, the suspect in that case was arrested, chose not the waive the rights, and the case was never resolved. clearly, his not being able to be questioned didn't help matters.

now i doubt there was a real point in this at all, except how the tables get turned sometimes,