A conivted pedophile (allegedly) kidnapped a 10 year old boy and had a 14 year old boy with him. Both boys and the suspect had their names and pictures all over the news as police searched for them.
But now that the boys have been rescued (they were molested but are still alive), their case is in court. In sexual assualt cases, there is a publication ban on the victim's names to protect their privacy. The problem, though, is that because of the search efforts, everyone already knows who they are.
Yesterday we put our newspaper together with an editorial about the suspect and the victims (with their names included). The paper printed yesterday and is usually distributed by Friday morning. The publication ban on the names came into effect at 11 am this today. (I guess that's the time the suspect's charges were officially laid.) Anything distributed before 11 is fine, but everything else is being recalled and we have to reprint that section of the paper with a new editorial.
If we hadn't found out about the ban, we could've gone to court.
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You guys caught in just in the nick of time. I'm glad trouble was avoided. Situations like that seem weird- where everyone is more than aware of who the boys are but now you aren't allowed to talk about it.
I have often wondered about that myself, dear photographer.
But if the paper were sued, no one would go to court. We'd have to pay a massive fine and there would have to be a retrial for the case we messed up.
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