On 4 Nov 2005 at 18:08, William Robb wrote: > It is legal, and personally, I think it is encouraged, to publish the names of > men charged with a sex crime, but under the rape-shield law, the name of the > complainant is never released to the press, even if the complaint is proven to > have never happened.
Have you considered that sex crimes are also used as tools by "victims", much the same as AVOs etc, I don't think it's wise to publish peoples names because they have simply been charged. Often charges are brought to bear on the weight of hearsay, much like our Texan photographer friend. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
