So it's important to protect criminals from being exposed for what they did. If the newspapers are doing, or going to do something you consider wrong, then they'll be sued. Surely it's in the public interest to know who those people are?My initial answer seems to be the more correct answer.
Due to the potential of vilification and shaming by the media and the assumption that the child was immature at the time of the criminal act and to ensure the best chance of rehabilitation, it is not permitted to name them unless a court gives specific permission.
Whilst this is from the UK, it is similar here.
Naming and shaming child offenders
by Penelope Gibbs, chair of the Standing Committee for Youth Justice and director of Transform Justice The conker murder was a horrific crime. Steven Grisales was murdered in Edmonton after remonstrating with a gang of boys who were throwing conkers at him.www.lawgazette.co.uk
Basically it is to protect them from the likes of the daily mail, Indo and Sunday world.
It's the way the Indo and mail do it. Way way over the top. I'm a believer that the courts are well able to give appropriate sentences and it doesn't need second rate media using it as click baitSo it's important to protect criminals from being exposed for what they did. If the newspapers are doing, or going to do something you consider wrong, then they'll be sued. Surely it's in the public interest to know who those people are?
Ok, understand.It's the way the Indo and mail do it. Way way over the top. I'm a believer that the courts are well able to give appropriate sentences and it doesn't need second rate media using it as click bait
Yes. The Courts decide what their sentence is, not the media.So it's important to protect criminals from being exposed for what they did.
What the public are interested in and what is in the public interest are two very different things.Surely it's in the public interest to know who those people are?
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