[WikiEN-l] BLPs--some ideas

[Ray Saintonge]

Sheldon Rampton wrote:

>Ray Saintonge wrote:
>  
>
>>Most papers are prevented from publishing the names of juvenile
>>offenders.  What would be your source for that information.
>>    
>>
>That's not exactly true. Papers can publish what they want about  
>juvenile offenders. Police and courts may choose not to release the  
>names of juvenile offenders, but sometimes newspapers learn the names  
>and publish them anyway. Here are a couple of examples:
>
>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/orl-bk-gunshop042007,0,2146757.story?coll=orl-home-headlines
>http://archive.seacoastonline.com/news/04102007/nhnews-ph-p-melville.html
>
Here in Canada they tend to be more strict about reporting the names of 
juveniles, although the 19 year-old would be considered an adult.

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