Friday, June 23, 2006

Editorial: Should suspects keep their privacy? / The Local, 22 June 2006

http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?ID=4150&date=20060622
"The Swedish argument against naming the people charged is simple: they are innocent until proven guilty, and mud sticks. Is it in the interests of justice that someone perceived in the public eye to be guilty but found not guilty by the courts should have to live out their lives in fear of reprisals? A powerful argument, and one that cannot be refuted, except to say that the combined weight of the arguments in favour of naming might balance this out. "