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Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Name suppression
Did anyone else notice that the killer of a New Zealand police officer in Croydon was named almost immediately whereas the killer of a New Zealand police officer in West Auckland still has name supression?
Yes. I did. My opinion is that no-one should be identified before conviction - No-one should remain unidentified after. Obviously there could be justification on the rare occasion when id'ing a convicted offender would put some innocent at risk - but I cant think of one off-hand
So true Lindsay.
ReplyDeleteIn New Zealand it is not only murderers but Doctors, budding Lawyers, Entertainers, Sportspeople and Labour Camp fiddlers not named and shamed.
Yes. I did.
ReplyDeleteMy opinion is that no-one should be identified before conviction - No-one should remain unidentified after.
Obviously there could be justification on the rare occasion when id'ing a convicted offender would put some innocent at risk - but I cant think of one off-hand
Victims should have a say, especially if identifying the convict implicitly identified the victim.
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