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