Sarena Townsend

Sarena Townsend

July 14, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Law Enforcement-Arranged 'Controlled Calls' Violate Suspects' Rights

For too long, a suspect's rights to know when he or she is being interrogated and to have an attorney's presence at police-orchestrated questioning have been brushed aside so that detectives can devise a ruse to coerce a confession, Paul Townsend and Sarena Townsend write.

By Paul Townsend and Sarena Townsend

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