Loads of local papers seem to do this and it seems unfair as it just seems to be to be done to humiliate the person. It happened to me and it was worse for my family when everybody saw the picture of me in the local paper. Surely they don't need to show people in that situation even if they do a story on the court case.
2007-01-04 04:04:40 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
It's very easy to avoid Shane, do not break the law !
2007-01-04 04:07:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry that you were humiliated. Some of the other posters have a valid point -- if you don't get arrested, you don't have to worry about this. But innocent people DO get arrested too, so it can seem unfair.
However, here's the way a free press works: anything that's done in public can be photographed and shown in a free press. Since the courthouse and jail (outside, anyway) are public property, if they walk you there handcuffed, you're fair game to have your photo taken and printed. Same goes for somebody on a public beach, on a public street, public park, whatever.
Such photos can't be used for commercial gain by the photographer without the permission of the person in the photograph...but reporting the news is a legitimate use as the law is written, and it's perfectly legal for a photographer to take your picture in public and print it as news. Sorry.
2007-01-04 04:12:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I personally think it robs the person of their dignity. Not only the arrested person, but of everyone involved in this tawdry business. It seems to be the modern equivalent of the Stocks, when in the past people were stuck on the one spot, where passers by could jeer at you.
The story is sufficient, such demeaning pictures of handcuffed people being hauled away is bad, to say the least. Pictures of the person sitting in court is enough.
What if the person was innocent?
2007-01-04 04:08:21 · answer #3 · answered by Balaboo 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think it is totally wrong for anyone arrested to be in the papers and reported as being arrested,until they are found guilty of a crime. So many lives have been ruined by the press blackening the names of innocent people. The fact that the police arrest you does not mean you are guilty of any crime. You are not even guilty when charged. You are guilty when found guilty by the courts, and only then should your photograph and details be known to the public. We need to change this law.
2007-01-04 04:12:21 · answer #4 · answered by Spiny Norman 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
People like to know what their local crims look like. The papers can't show photos before the conviction (as identity might be part of the prosecution or defence case) so it's only natural to print them once the jury has decided the person is guilty.
Perhaps you'll learn to leave your life of crime behind as you now understand the shame it can bring on your family.
Naming and shaming is part of society's way of getting back at wrongdoers. You have no-one to blame but yourself.
2007-01-04 04:08:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
a person going to prison is a matter of public record. maybe some people wouldn't have known had the photo not been in the paper, but such is life. i see nothing wrong with a little humiliation of folks who break the law to the point that they have to go to prison for it. maybe they don't "need" to show them being carted off, and i do think the news media are too intrusive in their desire to have a constant stream of "news", but that's part of the price to be paid for getting into trouble. let's hope things are better for you now.
2007-01-04 04:10:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
well if you go to jail you have nop rights so i think they should post your picture. and they can put e chain gang on the news and sure they can puyt you n there tooo
2007-01-04 04:06:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I really do believe in harsh punishment for crimes. If your detainment was legitimate then I have no problem with it.
If on the other hand it was NOT legitimate I would be pissed.
2007-01-04 04:07:50 · answer #8 · answered by larrydoyle52 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes so they can be embarassed and shown up like i was once
2007-01-04 04:08:59 · answer #9 · answered by colin050659 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's fair ...especially on ur family...ur 100% right
2007-01-04 04:08:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋