Okay so this may sound dumb...but last night I was watching a documentary on the most horrifying murder cases in the past four decades (it had really disturbing footage btw) and I noticed something I found weird, but are the police actually allowed to release to the media the recording of the calls people make, you know when they report a crime scene or something of the like?

If they are I find it kind of wrong...there was this one scene in the documentary where you can hear a woman screaming and her last words were I don't want to die...and the narrator actually says it like that, I think it was rude how her last words were of pain and fear and they have the rights to release stuff like that same goes for the footage they showed, it's one thing to show the crime scene but to actually show blood and what one can clearly see as dead bodies well yea that's too much..

So I wanted to know if there's a process like do they ask for family consent. I know it's all suppose to be used as evidence for trial and all but still...and yes I know weird but that's how I feel about it.

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i don't believe so, any relative to the victim is either allowing it or not, or else its a reenactment... well this is what i think 🤨

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I don't know how it works in all countries, this is just my general understanding.

It can be used in reenactments of true stories if the producers obtain permission from the next of kin or relatives of the victim/deceased.... if the actual words are changed, there's usually a disclaimer saying, "actual words/situations have been altered/modified for personal/ethical reasons (meaning to save victim's dignity).... on certain programs, they just reenact the whole thing exactly as it went down, but change the names of the people involved to John Doe or Mrs A.

The same also applies with regards to getting permission form the courts/authorities/state...etc.

You'd be surprised, but there are many people that would agree to this because it could help educate the public and all that (I'm sure that's what the producers tell them when they go ask for the permissions).... and sometimes, money may be involved as well in the "permission getting" process from family members.

Note:
I can't back this up with any facts/links.... but I do remember reading something like this somewhere.

I hope this helps.... if not, I humbly apologize.

Point & Squirt

it's probably an reenactment, i don't think they need to legally contact the family members in order to release it if it is an reenactment