VOA慢速英语2018--如果你在美国被捕了怎么办?
时间：2019-01-03 作者：英语课 分类：2018年VOA慢速英语(六)月
What Happens If You Are Arrested in the US
If you have ever watched an American crime show, you know about this Supreme 1 Court case. Listen to what the police officer says.
“You do have the right to remain silent. You also have the right to be represented by an attorney 2…”
Those rights – the rights not to speak and to have a lawyer – are known as Miranda rights.
The name comes from Ernesto Miranda. In 1963, he was arrested and charged with kidnapping, robbing, and raping 3 a young woman. Police arrested Miranda and questioned him. Miranda admitted to some of the crimes, and a jury 4 later used his confession 5 to find him guilty.
But some activists 6 said Miranda’s trial was not fair. The reason, they said, was because police had not clearly told Miranda about his rights. The U.S. Constitution says people do not have to admit to wrongdoing.
A majority of justices agreed. Their decision changed police policies, and strengthened protections for people who have been arrested.
By the way, Ernesto Miranda? He was given another trial. This time, lawyers could not use his confession against him. But they did use sworn statements by his ex-girlfriend. He was again found guilty and sentenced to prison.
Words in This Story
attorney - n. one who is legally appointed to do business for another
confession - n. a written or spoken statement of guilt by someone accused of an offense
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
- He acted as attorney for me.他充当我的律师。
- The attorney for the union accused the Mayor of playing politics.工会的律师谴责市长在这次罢工中耍阴谋。
- In response, Charles VI sent a punitive expedition to Brittany, raping and killing the populace. 作为报复，查理六世派军讨伐布列塔尼，奸淫杀戮平民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The conquerors marched on, burning, killing, raping and plundering as they went. 征服者所到之处烧杀奸掠，无所不做。 来自互联网
- These twelve men are believed to compose the jury.据信，陪审团是由这12人组成的。
- The members of the jury were discharged from their duties.陪审员们被解除了职务。
- Her confession was simply tantamount to a casual explanation.她的自白简直等于一篇即席说明。
- The police used torture to extort a confession from him.警察对他用刑逼供。