Hi I know this guy cannot be identified and I'm not looking for him to be..but curious to know why or under what law is he not allowed to be !.especially now that he is an adult and has been moved to an adult prison. Why is he being treated different to a defendant who committed a similar crime at 18.
Boy A is now an Adult - why can't he be identified?
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Probably so that the independent can't do a daily diatribe against him the way it seems to do about anyone and everyone in order to deal out justice their way
But most likely because he was a juvenile when he was convicted and you can't be changing goalposts.
But most likely because he was a juvenile when he was convicted and you can't be changing goalposts.
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.
www.lawgazette.co.uk
Basically it is to protect them from the likes of the daily mail, Indo and Sunday world.
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.
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.
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 bait
Ok, understand.
Yes. The Courts decide what their sentence is, not the media.
What the public are interested in and what is in the public interest are two very different things.
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Look at what happened in England in relation to Venables and Thompson post-conviction of the murder of James Bulger.
We would not want a repeat of that carry on.
We would not want a repeat of that carry on.
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Veering into Letting off Steam territory now.
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