Re: Leykis & Serious debate lost in Bryant free-for-all

["A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@attorneyross.com>]

On 29 Jul 2003 at 1:28, Joseph Pappalardo wrote:

> The courts have in the past, shielded gang-related witnesses and other
> complainants, so that they don't have to be a victimized  again, by the
> press...or the gang...or the perpetrator.

While the courts do shield people on occasion, not giving the identity of sex crime victims is 
not a law, it's a policy of most news media.  There are exceptions.  In the case of the 
William Kennedy Smith rape trial, the victim's name was published in one or two of the 
supermarket tabloids.

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