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Open justice or open season ? should the media report the names of suspects and defendants ?

Bohlander, Michael (2010) 'Open justice or open season ? should the media report the names of suspects and defendants ?', Journal of criminal law, 74 (4). pp. 321-338.

Abstract

The daily news in England and Wales is full of reports about people who have been arrested, arraigned before a court, convicted and sometimes also acquitted, of some heinous crime or other. Most disturbingly, the suspects are named in full with their address and more often than not their photo will also be printed or broadcast. Their private lives and professional reputation are highly likely to be seriously affected the minute the news is made public, regardless of a later acquittal, which may not come until the Supreme Court decides years after the event. This article queries what open justice can be taken to mean in today's media society, whether the media are in it for the sake of enhancing justice or the sake of enhancing sales. The situation in the UK will be set out using the example of the decision of the UK Supreme Court in the Guardian News case and compared with the German press code of conduct.

Item Type:Article
Keywords:Open justice, Media, Privacy, Freedom of speech, German press code of conduct.
Full text:Full text not available from this repository.
Publisher Web site:http://dx.doi.org/10.1350/jcla.2010.74.4.646
Date accepted:No date available
Date deposited:No date available
Date of first online publication:August 2010
Date first made open access:No date available

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