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* In the ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' episode "[[Recap/FarscapeS02E15WontGetFooledAgain Won't Get Fooled Again]]", Crichton hears a ridiculously mangled version from a [[spoiler:Scarran-induced]] hallucination of Crais in a cop's uniform:

* In ''PerdidoStreetStation'' by ChinaMieville, New Crobuzon has a style of arrest requiring the presence of witnesses, usually dragooned by the militia into assisting in an arrest rather than acting under their own volition. Interestingly, this style of arrest was detailed in a RealLife situation in RobertLittle's ''TheOctoberCircle'' as being in use in communist Bulgaria, complete with press-ganged witnesses.

* The protagonist of ''BaldursGate 2'' has the option to ask an ObstructiveBureaucrat of Athkatla if "[[MirandaRights I have the right to remain silent]]". As if this wasn't anachronistic enough, the protagonist isn't even the accused, but simply a witness to a crime.

* On an [[Recap/FarscapeS02E15WontGetFooledAgain episode of Farscape]], Crichton hears a ridiculously mangled version from a [[spoiler:Scarran-induced]] hallucination of Crais in a cop's uniform:

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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Pasila}}'', a man in drag being escorted to jail from his bachelor party alternatively complains how "you didn't read me my rights!" and "What kind of a country is this when people are read their rights!" to [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist Pöysti]], despite Pöysti repeatedly stating that there is nothing resembling Miranda rights in Finland. After getting tired of his complaining, he finally obliges and comes up with the following: "Okay. You're under arrest. You have the right to remain silent, or talk in a quiet voice. Everything you say may be used against you. Some of it will come against you on its own, while the rest will be purposefully used against you via judicial trickery. You know, being presented with a heavy bias in a really annoying manner! God bless."

* ''ZorkGrandInquisitor'' has this exchange, complete with cue card:

* In ''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders: The Fist Of Mars'', a UNSF security officer starts out reading the MirandaRights to Cage, then stops and says, "screw it, twitch and we'll vaporize you where you stand" (paraphrased).

In many countries, a suspected criminal being arrested must legally be read their rights as a suspect. The exact procedure, wording and overall intention varies between countries. For country-specific forms of this, see YouDoNotHaveToSayAnything for the UK version and MirandaRights for the US style.

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* In ''[[FanFic/DumbledoresArmyAndTheYearOfDarkness A Peccatis]]'', Aurors are saddled with a wonderfully [[WallOfText verbose]] version of the [[YouDoNotHAveToSayAnything British police caution]] in order to plug in the extra legal loopholes that being magical might present. Legal buffs might care to notice that in the Wizarding version, the right to remain silent (which is front and center in the Caution and Miranda) is the ''second-to-last'' thing mentioned. Also please note that unlike the caution, this one is to be recited upon arrest (or when the suspect wakes up from all the stunning spells), not interrogation. It reads as follows:

** In ''Anime/StrikerS'', the heroes merely tell the Numbers that they're under arrest, sometimes, but not always, stating the charges.

* In ''[[FanFic/DumbledoresArmyAndTheYearOfDarkness A Peccatis]]'', Aurors are saddled with a wonderfully [[WallOfText verbose]] version of the [[YouDoNotHAveToSayAnything British police caution]] in order to plug in the extra legal loopholes that being magical might present. Legal buffs might care to notice that in the Wizarding version, the right to remain silent (which is front and center in the Caution and Miranda) is the ''second-to-last'' thing mentioned. Also please note that unlike the caution, this one is to be recited upon arrest (or when the suspect wakes up from all the stunning spells), not interrogation. For those of you who want to see it:

* Parodied in Creator/TerryPratchett's book ''Discworld/GuardsGuards!'' when Carrot makes an arrest, and begins the list of rights with things like "You have the right not to be summarily thrown into a pirahna tank..." (Of course, this being Ankh-Morpork, the laws there might actually ''say'' that.)

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* An old editorial cartoon from the 1980's satirized the justice system of the Soviet Union by showing the KGB arresting someone while reading them the "rights" of "You have been set up, you have the right to remain set up. Everything we say can and will be used against you in a sort-of law. You have the right to an executioner. If you cannot afford an executioner, you will be executed anyway and your family will be billed for the bullet." The "billed for the bullet" bit was [[RealityIsUnrealistic supposedly once done]] in the People's Republic of China).
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* In ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'' [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02257.htm strip 2257]], the police arrest a robot.
--> You have the right to data integrity. Should you give up this right, accessed memories can and will be used against you. You have the right to tech support.
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In many countries, a suspected criminal being arrested must legally be read their rights as a suspect. The exact procedure, wording and overall intention varies between countries. For country-specific forms of this, see YouDoNotHaveToSayAnything for the UK version and MirandaRights for the US style.

* In ''MassEffect'', 180 years in the future on a distant planet with an alien criminal:

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* In ZoneOfTheEnders: The Fist Of Mars, a UNSF security officer starts out reading the MirandaRights to Cage, then stops and says, "screw it, twitch and we'll vaporize you where you stand" (paraphrased).

* An old editorial cartoon from the 1980's satirized the justice system of the Soviet Union by showing the KGB arresting someone while reading them the "rights" of "You have been set up, you have the right to remain set up. Everything we say can and will be used against you in a sort-of law. You have the right to an executioner. If you cannot afford an executioner, you will be executed anyway and your family will be billed for the bullet." The "billed for the bullet" bit was [[RealityIsUnrealistic supposedly once actually done in the People's Republic of China).