Legal U.S Men Court Eslpod Confession Brown V

In 1936, a U.S. "Supreme Court" (the highest, most powerful court in the country) "ruled" (made a legal decision) in Brown v. Mississippi that any confession obtained through "violent" (causing pain or injury) police action cannot be "entered as evidence" (presented to the court to help the jury and judge reach a legal decision). This decision supports the Fifth and Fourteenth "Amendments" (additions to a legal document) of the U.S. "Constitution" (the nation's most important legal document, which established the U.S. government), which require "due process," or the idea that the government must respect the "legal rights" (what people are entitled to under the law) of all individuals.

This particular case was about the 1934 "murder" (when someone kills another person) of a white "planter" (a farmer who owns a lot of land). Three black men were "accused" (said to have done something wrong) of the murder and were arrested for it. During the court "trial" (when arguments are heard in order to make a legal decision), the "prosecution" (the people who are trying to prove that someone did something wrong in court) presented the three men's confessions, but it was clear that those confessions were obtained only after the men were "whipped" (beaten badly with long ropes or pieces of leather) by the police officers.

In the original trial, the confessions "stood" (were considered valid) and the men were "sentenced to death" (were ordered to be punished by death). "On appeal" (when the case was heard again at a different, higher court) at the U.S. Supreme Court, the decision was "reversed" (changed), but the three men still had to "serve time" (spend time) in prison.