On 4/23/07, K P <kpbotany(a)gmail.com> wrote:
It's generally that the newspaper has a policy of not publishing the names
of juvenile offenders, not that they're not allowed to.
In the UK, publication of the names of an offender under the age of 18
is normally restricted (Children and Young People's Act 1933, I
think). Judges can remove the restriction and have done so in some
highly publicised cases. Likewise, there are legal restrictions to
revealing the names of rape victims and some other people whose
identity is not supposed to be published.
I doubt a UK-based editor would be protected from the legal
consequences (contempt of court proceedings) of revealing restricted
information just because Wikipedia is hosted in Florida.
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Sam Blacketer
London E15