cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/48520958
More Sources.
While researching this news story I noticed that it was removed twice from Reddit by the mods with no clear reasons, so I added here some extra sources to make sure everything here is accurate.
I am not sure if the news story is being censored or if there is other reasons.
If you find any local articles or coverage that can add more context, please drop them in the comments and I will add them to the post.
Because in Switzerland a criminal is still covered by the right to privacy, so unless the person in question is a public figure like a politician or the information was already leaked(among some other exceptions), it is not published. Same for the victim. Most you get is ‘John D. from Soandsotown, 34 years old (name known to the editorial department)’, if that.
Good thing Switzerland let a casual rapist go free and the public kept in the dark for rapist privacy.
I guess there is a dark truth behind the joke in Eurotrip.
Just to be clear, I’m not defending the decision in any way. The issue here is with letting him go free, that’s disgusting and should not have happened.
The privacy part makes sense to me. If the purpose of prison/the justice system is resocialization, instead of punishment, then having your name all over the news just screws you over forever, even if in the eye of the law you did your time and don’t pose a risk anymore, regret your crime etc., and it increases the chance of them just going back to crime when they leave prison, due to a lack of options.
That is interesting. Although in this case privacy is used to shield a serial rapist from social consequences.