• lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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    7 months ago

    I don’t think things like names of suspects or victims should be made public.

    • iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com
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      7 months ago

      The American legal system has made a conscious decision to require public trials (so accused are public) with the right to face your accuser (so victims are public). This does remove privacy, but the idea is that the trade off is worth it to avoid people being “convinced” in secret trials.

      You may disagree with this trade off, but it’s baked in and changing it would be a big difference. Some exceptions exist, I think, but IANAL.