• lime!
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    411 month ago

    here we have a rule that nobody publishes the name or face of people suspected of crimes. it’s allegedly “not newsworthy”. they all get called “the 35-year old”, “the carpenter”, “the third man”, until court proceedings are through and they are convicted.

    unfortunately, influence from overseas and people’s seemingly rising bloodthirst seems to be changing that.

    • @[email protected]
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      111 month ago

      I’m assuming “here” is somewhere other than USA. Your system sounds better for protecting the integrity of court proceedings…

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      1 month ago

      I think it’s relatively common in EU, unless the suspect has already been somehow outed, or has gone public. But typically, suspects and victims aren’t named.