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Old 08-01-2008, 09:15 PM
Tinia2 Tinia2 is offline
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Originally Posted by Senusret I View Post
Tinia, I also think (and I am not a lawyer) that her name was published because it's a civil suit.

In my limited knowledge of the law, which is basically Night Court, LA Law, and Law & Order, a plaintiff in a civil suit might not have a right to privacy.

Also (and finally) I don't think even if it was a criminal case that the media HAS to keep the identity of the victim secret, but most of them do to be nice.
i agree with you. perhaps i failed to make the distinction between my very first thoughts on matter and my own follow through.
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