Madame_CJSkywalker;c-9876854 said:7figz;c-9876769 said:Madame_CJSkywalker;c-9876761 said:D. Morgan;c-9876713 said:Madame_CJSkywalker;c-9876690 said:D. Morgan;c-9876667 said:Why not go to all the rape victims within a certain time frame in that city and show them the accused picture in a line up style of photos personally instead plastering an innocent until proven guilty man picture all over the news?
That way while still investigating a person's name and reputation might not actually be ruined if they are found not guilty or during the course of the investigation its found out that said person couldn't have committed that crime.
There is no perfect way to do these things without someone feeling violated and the crime victim has actually already been violated. With that said that still doesn't mean that another person's name and reputation should be ruined either especially when there is a possibility that they could be innocent.
Imagine if accused was mistaken to be someone else by the accuser
And there 3 witnesses out there who can provide testimony to help clear his name....but they no connections or relations with the accused or accuser
What would compell them to report what they say to the police if the identity of the accused was kept anonymous
That's not just me pulling hypotheticals out my ass...but this shit happens all the time
Beyond enforcing and or tinkering with the laws we already have on the books i dont see there being another good solution legally
With the exception of doing things like banning the felony conviction box on job apps
You saying all that like the shit is perfect now and innocent folks don't go to jail.
No matter the process like I said before some innocent people going to go to jail and some guilty people going to walk free.
I'm just of the opinion that people's faces shouldn't be plastered everywhere when its quite possible they didn't commit the crime.
No system is perfect I just feel folks names and faces shouldn't attached to shit before its proven they done it.
Everybody ain't a good citizen so just because these witnesses favorable to the accused sees his face and can exonerate him doesn't mean they will do so just that because its the right thing to do.
The main point is even with being proven innocent that still doesn't change the fact that said persons face has now been plastered on the news as a possible rapist when that is a crime he was proven to have not done.
You know the news and newspaper don't run stories saying the guy picture we've been showing you all for 2 weeks straight has been proven that he isn't the rapist.
Imagine a father going to pick his child from school how the teachers and parents going to look at him regardless of being proven innocent.
Child will never be able to have friends come over to the house for birthday parties or sleepovers. All because an innocent man face was on the news for some shit he didn't do.
I understand the system is flawed
My point is that what u r proposing makes getting justice exponentially harder ...
And ppl can move ...only a very small percentage of rape cases make the news and an even smaller percentage make the national news
A false rape accusation does not always end in the accused life being ruined beyond repair
See it will celebrities and even average folk
Their families community continues to support them ...ppl forget...and life moves on
Sure 4 out of 8 of ppl falsely accused of crimes would rather have not spent X amount of days behind bars stuck in limbo because a mugshot or news report compelled witnesses to come forward
It seems like ur beef is ultimately with the media not devoting as much attention to tearing a man down as they do to admitting their errors....thats a different issue
How does protecting the accused's identity make getting justice harder ?
Read my previous 3, 4 posts
Its pretty straight forward
Rape is a hard crime to prove, especially if no bruises are present
So witness statements are especially valued and can help build a case for or against thw accused
And cases have been won, lost, or dismissed based on the accounts of other victims and witnesses who would have not been compelled to come forward had they not known the identity of the accused
With what he is proposing they could possible learn of the identity of the accused once a conviction is secured, but for the accused who are actually guilty that leaves them free to rape again
When investigators release the name and picture of the accused more times than not its meant to get ppl to come forward based on the facts of the case...its a common and longstanding practice
Witnesses lie sometimes but that is not a good reason to question and or undervalue their importance. And there are ways to verify their stories
Nobody said they shouldn't be able to have witnesses.
Look - if that's the case, what about the accused's need to have witnesses come forward but the accuser's identity is protected ?
Also, it's not just about the investigators discussing the name of the accused in the process of investigating. If you notice, the practice of not identifying the accuser extends to the media and every other party in the chain. Meaning even if the investigator mentioned a name in a conversation (not to the media), the publishing of that name could still be limited through similar efforts just as with the accused. For instance, logic leads me to believe the media knows this girl's name (in the original story of this thread) but isn't publishing it.
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