Comment on Hopefully this means it will be a full trial with an outcome unbiased by media

• Rambomst@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I think they are saying names shouldn’t be released until after a verdict had been rendered. Just the implication is enough to ruin someone’s life even before a guilty verdict had been rendered.

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  • No1@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    For all cases? No matter what the alleged crime or lawsuit?

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    • saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      My entire comment is condemning people that make another’s life so bad that things like suicide, emotional scarring, mental health, and poor livelihood in general are common outcomes.

      If anyone would like to disagree… Jesus.

      I was careful to not open a window for statistics, as that would be unrelated. And went further to make adement that there is no “which is worse” argument, as that is also completely unrelated to the issue of people’s wellbeing and those that devistate it.

      The point is simply that things like a lack of anonymity in such cases has created severe trauma of an innocent person and the rise of it during the MeToo movement simply underscores that.

      When a person is found guilty of rape or false accusation of rape, good riddance. Until then, a court should be fully aware that the public’s barrel of torches and pitchforks is not labelled “Innocent until proven guilty”.

      It’s truly remarkable and concerning, the weird tangents and views some people share on the internet. I’ll be optimistic in saying that it’s likely a desire to just have interaction through argument, not sheet stupidity comprehension of what’s being said/going on.

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      • spiffmeister@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        What happens to people who have been raped and weren’t believed or were falsely accused of faking it? Just wondering if they have similar experiences with mental health?

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      • No1@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        But you haven’t answered my question. Let me try putting it another way.

        Should this anonymity, which you stated to be the most important thing, apply to all criminal and civil trials, or only to alleged rape cases?

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