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TIL: Ernesto Miranda, Namesake of the Miranda Rights, Sold Autographed 'Miranda Cards' with the Warning Text for $1.50 Each in Phoenix After His 1972 Parole, Later Found Dead with Cards on His Body After a 1976 Bar Fight Stabbing

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