Summary — Unknown Names: Part One

We know the rulings. We know the rights. But how much do we actually know about the people behind them?

For the first half of our Know Your Rights series finale, we're going back to where three landmark Supreme Court cases actually began—not with legal briefs or judges, but with ordinary moments that grew into something much bigger.

A late-night walk home in Phoenix leads investigators to Ernesto Miranda. A veteran detective watches John Terry from a Cleveland sidewalk and has to decide whether suspicion is enough to step in. And in New Jersey, a fourteen-year-old girl's decision to deny smoking a cigarette leads to a search of her purse—and eventually changes what privacy looks like for students across the country.