Identification of a suspect before being charged: legitimate freedom of speech or a threat to a fair trial?
Burgess, Craig Neilson (2005) Identification of a suspect before being charged: legitimate freedom of speech or a threat to a fair trial? Masters by Research thesis, Queensland University of Technology.
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Abstract
Identification of a person suspected of a heinous crime before being charged risks prejudicing a fair trial. Present laws place this type of publicity outside the reach of sub judice contempt. This thesis argues there should be a change in the law of sub judice contempt making it an offence for the media to publish the fact that a person is under investigation until the person has been charged.
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| ID Code: | 16178 |
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| Item Type: | QUT Thesis (Masters by Research) |
| Supervisor: | Butler, Desmond |
| Keywords: | Contempt of court, subjudice, naming suspects before charge, effect of prejudicial pre- trial publicity, influence on jurors, memory, freedom of speech, open justice, public interest, public safety - fair trial, evidential problems - remedies for prejudicial publicity, preferred approach |
| Divisions: | Current > QUT Faculties and Divisions > Faculty of Law Current > Schools > School of Law |
| Department: | Faculty of Law |
| Institution: | Queensland University of Technology |
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright Craig Neilson Burgess |
| Deposited On: | 03 Dec 2008 13:57 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Oct 2011 05:44 |
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