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Premier League teams are playing footballers facing abuse claims (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Updating the public is irrelevant. The accused, the victim and just judicial system don’t care if the general public feel uninformed on progress and nor should they

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is incorrect. One of the most quoted phrases in case law goes something like "Justice must not only be done, but must also be seen to be done." (Rex v Sussex Justices)

The judicial system has a duty not only to be just, but also to demonstrate to the public at large that it is being just. That's why even if no wrongdoing has occurred, if there's a way people might think it has occurred, the justice system has failed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Interesting quote didn’t know that, thanks.

I think it overestimates the powers of the justice system. You can’t prevent someone posting something online and it going viral, surely?

How would it stop people thinking something?