there are many ways to look at this, the problem could well be, when someone whose name is being protected assaults someone else.
For the men who are innocent, then yes this is a welcome protection. I cant help but feel like part of that group, rather than the group of men who do sexually assault another person.
It is my genuine hope, that NI police forces, work harder to find the guilty party, and collect the evidence needed to prove their guilt. Rather than being seen “protecting the attacker” (by not releasing the name), they become known for “finding the attacker, and proving their guilt, so they can be named”
Good.
All this does is protect those that are falsely accused. The guilty ones will still get their chance to be publicly shamed.
Note this protects people _until they are charged_, not until they’re found guilty. You are charged with an offence long before being found innocent or guilty.
Should be extended till conviction. Even the mere accusation of a serious crime is enough to ruin people’s lives. We live in an age where information can be transferred nationwide and even globally in seconds. Nobody should have their life ruined or even put in danger for a crime they didn’t commit.
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there are many ways to look at this, the problem could well be, when someone whose name is being protected assaults someone else.
For the men who are innocent, then yes this is a welcome protection. I cant help but feel like part of that group, rather than the group of men who do sexually assault another person.
It is my genuine hope, that NI police forces, work harder to find the guilty party, and collect the evidence needed to prove their guilt. Rather than being seen “protecting the attacker” (by not releasing the name), they become known for “finding the attacker, and proving their guilt, so they can be named”
Good.
All this does is protect those that are falsely accused. The guilty ones will still get their chance to be publicly shamed.
Note this protects people _until they are charged_, not until they’re found guilty. You are charged with an offence long before being found innocent or guilty.
Should be extended till conviction. Even the mere accusation of a serious crime is enough to ruin people’s lives. We live in an age where information can be transferred nationwide and even globally in seconds. Nobody should have their life ruined or even put in danger for a crime they didn’t commit.