2007-03-25 06:50:19 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
they do in my local paper for anything driving,shoplifting,benefit fraud whatever is heard gets published in the court colum
2007-03-25 06:56:18 · answer #1 · answered by easty90210 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh god yes, all convictions should be public knowledge, magistrates, crown, high and coroners.
There is a fine historic long standing legal precedent for it.
The basic idea is the law exists for a reason, and nobody cares of you like it or not, it keeps everybodies asses in line.
And people shouldnt break it in the first place, so why shouldnt it be published, only criminals have something tobe ashamed of.
sorry thats a little harsh, im not having a go, but thats my opinion.
2007-03-25 17:31:53 · answer #2 · answered by the mofo 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are most local papers have a page dedicated to it in the UK.Also Crown court cases are reported in the press.Injuvenile cases the names of the accused are not allowed to be given out by the press.
2007-03-26 10:39:32 · answer #3 · answered by frankturk50 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Under the European Human Rights Acts, any individual has the right to privacy, it does not state this is not applicable for any person convicted of any crime. There is also the factor that some people are convicted, imprisoned etc, and then lodge appeals and get the conviction overturned, only have to look at the women accused of killing their children for that one!
2007-03-25 14:11:02 · answer #4 · answered by SunnyDays 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It is fundamental in English law that court proceedings are open to ensure fair play.
The down side for the convicted is that this also makes their conviction public too.
2007-03-25 14:20:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. Taxpaying, law-abident US citizens deserve to know and see that justice is being carried out. Hiding or veiling courtroom decisions does give leeway for shady "deal-brokering" worm-outs for those deserving prison time.
Making court-room judgements public can go a long way to stemming slimy worm-out deals and further secure justice is carried out for those individuals who DO pose a threat / danger to society.
2007-03-25 14:01:39 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. Wizard 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The conviction is public record so why not? If people do wrong then local people should know about it.
2007-03-26 14:20:26 · answer #7 · answered by Captain Sarcasm 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are published where i live, they are put in the local paper each week
2007-03-25 14:22:25 · answer #8 · answered by kasey 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As far as I am aware, quite a lot of them are. Don't you read the papers?
2007-03-28 19:46:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
this has been going on for years, it should stop, or the we should get the oppinion of the person they are ravishing, and that gives us the oppertunity to decide if the courts were right.
2007-03-25 14:05:11 · answer #10 · answered by trucker 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋