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The public opinion is a court that almost never acquits and that only serves life-term sentences
by elzbardico 6y ago
The public opinion is a court that almost never acquits and that only serves life-term sentences
- Veen 6y agoYes, but secret trials don’t have a great history either. At its best, the media can prevent miscarriages of justice and make sure the government follows proper procedure.
- vidarh 6y agoThere's a wide range between secret trials and not publishing peoples name in national media. An approach used in many contexts is to make the information accessible but put limitations on publication whether permanently or only until a conviction is made, so that people with an interest in a case can investigate while recognising mistakes are made. [another approach is various levels of barriers to make access inconvenient, e.g. forcing you to go to an office to look up records rather than making them easily searchable; or for tax information in Norway: the tax information is public, but unless you're media - who get a copy - your name will be accessible to the person you looked up]
- cafard 6y agoAmerica collectively has a pretty short attention span.
- orangeoxidation 6y agoThat would be fair for radio or such. In the internet age it can heavily damage or ruin things like your job and dating prospects permanently.