''Garrity v. New Jersey'', 385 U.S. 493 (1967), was a case in which the

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held that law enforcement officers and other public employees have the right to be free from compulsory self-incrimination.. It gave birth to the

Garrity warning In United States law, the ''Garrity'' warning is an advisement of rights usually administered by federal, state, or local investigators to their employees who may be the subject of an internal investigation. The ''Garrity'' warning advises subje ...

, which is administered by investigators to suspects in internal and administrative investigations in a similar manner as the

Miranda warning In the United States, the ''Miranda'' warning is a type of notification customarily given by police to criminal suspects in police custody (or in a custodial interrogation) advising them of their right to silence and, in effect, protection fr ...

is administered to suspects in criminal investigations.

Background

In 1961 allegations of "ticket fixing" came to light in the townships of Bellemawr and

Barrington, New Jersey Barrington is a borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 6,983,List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 385 This is a list of all the United States Supreme Court cases from volume 385 of the ''United States Reports The ''United States Reports'' () are the official record ( law reports) of the Supreme Court of the United States. They include rulings, ...

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