Florida law makes it illegal to record a conversation without notifying everyone involved. In December, this law led the state Supreme Court to overturn the conviction of Richard McDade, who had been found guilty in Lee County of sexual battery of a child younger than 12, among other things. The appeals court had said that the […]
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