Controversial views

[ErGingerbreadMandude]

Circular reasoning.
You're welcome.

How is that circular reasoning? My issue with publishing names of people accused of crimes is that the media drags their name through the mud, and often judges them to be guilty before they are tried. In some cases, having a name / photo of the accused publish can help convince their victims to come forward (lots of rape cases happen this way). Or perhaps you got scammed by someone, reported it to the police, but they were unable to find the person, and then later you see them being tried in a separate case. You can then go to the police and say "that's the person who scammed me", which could bring further charges.

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Here's a couple of other "controversial" views I thought of:

1) Affirmative action policies are (ironically) racist themselves and should be banned.

2) Gun manufacturers should not be sued when their gun is involved in a murder.

The counterpoint to my own position (other than freedom of the press) is that publishing a name of the accused may allow other victims to come forward which could help strengthen the case against the accused.

How can there be a victim if the accused is innocent until proven guilty?
Assuming publishing the names of the accused is beneficial because it allows other victims of the accused to come forward assumes that the accused is guilty before he is proven guilty,is my reasoning sound?

In some cases, having a name / photo of the accused publish can help convince their victims to come forward (lots of rape cases happen this way). Or perhaps you got scammed by someone, reported it to the police, but they were unable to find the person, and then later you see them being tried in a separate case. You can then go to the police and say "that's the person who scammed me", which could bring further charges.

After the accused is proven guilty then the photo of the guilty can be released which can encourage others that had also been wronged by the guilty to come forward, what do you think?