On 11/3/05, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The cops have every right to issue the name and photograph of someone > arrested to the press - although in the UK it is unusual for a photo to > be issued. Certainly a name is standard enough, although in cases like > this one, a name would be unusual. The info will include date and time of > arrest, possibly name and town where arrested person lives, and what he > or she is charged with, and any dates for future court appearances.. This > info then comes into the public domain. Often, the info is not supplied > at all by the police, but is noted by court reporters whose job it is to > sit through countless cases of charges being read out and pleas being > entered, trail dates being set, the list goes on. Often a very big case > will only come to light in this way. >
certainly, both the police and the press have the legal right to publish such info. but really, sometimes i wish they'd both use a bit of discretion in such sensitive cases as those involving sexual allegations. lives can be ruined by mere allegations. "innocent until proven guilty" is lost on most people with sex crimes are alleged. legal or not, it would be nice to see the police and press do the ~right~ thing in these cases! -frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
