The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #164531   Message #3939635
Posted By: Steve Shaw
26-Jul-18 - 10:53 AM
Thread Name: BS: Cliff hanger ; damage , and damages
Subject: RE: BS: Cliff hanger ; damage , and damages
"Innocent until proved guilty" does not imply that defendants shouldn't be named. There's no law that says that you can't name a person before they've even been charged. There's a debate to be had on all this for sure, and there is ongoing debate in high places. "Innocent until proved guilty" as a principle doesn't work very well in sex abuse cases, largely because in that area of criminality more than most "mud sticks," "there's no smoke without fire," etc. If a court finds you innocent of an armed robbery, simply because you didn't do it, your good name is restored. But in sex abuse cases there are grey areas left, right and centre, and you can be "not quite guilty," even though you were involved in stuff you wouldn't want your mother to hear about, for example in the case of the footballer and the very drunk young woman in the motel...