Current Events > Dumb question about The Miranda Warning & US legal system

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Doesn't the phrasing of "Anything you say, can and will be used against you in a court of law" leave it open to misuse?

I know this is a really warped and dumb example but if a clearly guilty criminal is detained and then started yelling non stop "Slavery is wrong and should remain abolished". How do they prevent that being used against said criminal in a trial to avoid any court decisions that could use that as evidence to declare them guilty?

It's referring to self-incrimination.

It's really more of a "may" than a "will". It's just strong language to make sure they really get the point across, I think. If a statement made by the accused is utterly irrelevant to the case, there's not much reason to bring it up and the judge will probably laugh it out of the court if they do.

The point of the Miranda Warning is to let the person know their right to silence and warn them what could happen if they don't use it.

If the prisoner says 'slavery is wrong' and the prosecution thinks it will help their case to mention that in front of the jury, they will.

And the defence may respond.

It's just saying don't talk to us cause we'll fuck you over later with whatever we get out of you here.

Just shouting some bullshit is basically staying silent