Most people are familiar with the law that phone conversations cannot be recorded unless both parties are aware of the recording.  What many people do not know is there is an exception to this rule – it doesn’t apply to law enforcement. When law enforcement is investigation a case, particularly sex crime allegations, they often will ask the complaining witness or some other witness to place a phone call to the suspect.  Law enforcement secretly records the phone conversation.  Law enforcement suggests questions and comments – questions intended to illicit responses from the suspect that can later be used against … Continue reading PreText Phone Calls