Comments on: Girl’s teen killers named on the Net http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14542 p2pnet.net - reader powered Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:47:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Write's Wrong http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14542/comment-page-1#comment-262833 Write's Wrong Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:17:51 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14542#comment-262833 Keep in mind that in our free and democratic system, not everyone charged with a crime necessarily did it. They're innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The names of youth offenders (and victims, btw) is protected precisely because young people are young people and not fully mature adults. The Young Offenders Act was created in those cases where it is not clear that the young people knew what they were doing. And that's up to the judge whether the young suspects will be tried as adults or as young offenders. I understand the prosecution is seeking that they be tried as adults. Likely the defense will be opposed but it will be the judge that will make that determination. The victim's family didn't want *her* name revealed either but somebody decided they knew better and posted it anyway. That privacy was also protected under the Youth Offenders Act. It also protects sexual abuse victim's names and their offender name's so the *victim* isn't identified. If a person young person is found guilty of the crime, I might agree with you about publishing their names. But not before then. They don't need that hanging over their lives simply having been suspected. Neither do acquitted adults for that matter but I doubt they'll ever change that. Keep in mind that in our free and democratic system, not everyone charged with a crime necessarily did it. They’re innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The names of youth offenders (and victims, btw) is protected precisely because young people are young people and not fully mature adults. The Young Offenders Act was created in those cases where it is not clear that the young people knew what they were doing.

And that’s up to the judge whether the young suspects will be tried as adults or as young offenders. I understand the prosecution is seeking that they be tried as adults. Likely the defense will be opposed but it will be the judge that will make that determination. The victim’s family didn’t want *her* name revealed either but somebody decided they knew better and posted it anyway. That privacy was also protected under the Youth Offenders Act. It also protects sexual abuse victim’s names and their offender name’s so the *victim* isn’t identified.

If a person young person is found guilty of the crime, I might agree with you about publishing their names. But not before then. They don’t need that hanging over their lives simply having been suspected. Neither do acquitted adults for that matter but I doubt they’ll ever change that.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14542/comment-page-1#comment-262754 Reader's Write Sat, 05 Jan 2008 09:33:05 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14542#comment-262754 How can the law protect human garbage because of they age? those 2 teen should have they life completly destroyed with the most extreme punishment available. but sadly where in canada, and here, protecting the criminal is very important. The only justice whould be to remove those two low life sub-human elements from circulation and make an exemple of them to show other young criminal that been a teen is not an excuse to comite crime. the sad thing about that is that capital punishment is not use in canada any more... who want to pay to keep to animals alive in jail. The name of under 18 criminal should be well know to anyone. the law is public matter and been under 18 is used as a excuse to often by teen to advoid punishment and consequences. How can the law protect human garbage because of they age? those 2 teen should have they life completly destroyed with the most extreme punishment available. but sadly where in canada, and here, protecting the criminal is very important. The only justice whould be to remove those two low life sub-human elements from circulation and make an exemple of them to show other young criminal that been a teen is not an excuse to comite crime. the sad thing about that is that capital punishment is not use in canada any more… who want to pay to keep to animals alive in jail.

The name of under 18 criminal should be well know to anyone. the law is public matter and been under 18 is used as a excuse to often by teen to advoid punishment and consequences.

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