Should Rape Victims Names Be Published by the Newspapers.
everyone knows that you were blamed. Would you want the newspapers to "protect" you by not publishing your name? Often rape victims feel they were to blame and having the whole town know would even more make them feel uncomfortable. Should victims be protected? Does this special treatment actually do rape victims a disservice by separating them from other victims of violent crime" (Elliott 1)? This has been a matter of tradition, not law. "Only two states, Florida and South Carolina, srape victims' names and the constitutionality of those statues is uncertain" (Elliott). Do you feel that rape victims should be protected by having their names not mentioned in the newspapers? This topic is a sensitive issue toward the victims, but what rights should they have when it comes to publishing their names in the newspaper?
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