In our criminal defense practice, new clients often tell us: "I was arrested, and they didn't read me my rights." The rights they're making reference to are called a Miranda warning, and despite what you may see in the movies and on TV, police officers don't routinely read people their rights when they make arrests. The only time an officer is legally required to give the warning is before a person is interrogated while in custody.
Unreliable eyewitness testimony: when memory plays tricks on us
The human memory isn't like a tape recorder. It doesn't record life events and play them back exactly as they happened. Instead, scientists have found that the brain reconstructs memories each time a person recalls them.
