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I guess in the same circumstances, I would do the same as this lady did. She had reason to be suspicious and she was right. I agree with lurkette, this article was really about the lady's testimony in a criminal complaint. I can see where she thought that she was doing the right thing. She had information related to a crime and testified to what she had heard.
This did make me think about the laws here so I checked them out. The state laws here are no different than in Washington so I could not legally listen to my childs conversation either. Will I if I think something is wrong, hell yeah! If that is what it takes to make sure my kids isn't doing something they shouldn't, I'm willing to take the chance. Kids have freedom and privacy, if they earn it. As a parent, I can forbid my child from going anywhere I don't want them to, make them stay in school and revoke their driving privledges, but I can't listen to them talk. Laws are very strange.
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