Miranda's Foundation, and Today's Rights [audio 4min]

Forty years ago today, the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Miranda v. Arizona. Since then, the Miranda rights have become deeply imbedded in the legal system -- and the culture of TV cop shows. Commentator Melissa Waters, who teaches at Washington and Lee Law School, has been working with Iraqi judges and lawyers as they build a new legal system. Waters says that the Miranda protocols seem strange to the Iraqis -- but she also believes Americans would do well to engage with their own ever-evolving legal system as the Iraqis do.