Scotland Decides Against Anonymity for Those Accused of Rape

	posted by Scott on Friday June 01, @11:45AM from the false-accusations dept.
	AngryHarry pointed me to this article from the UK Telegraph. The courts of Scotland were considering allowing anonymity of those accused of rape until a conviction is secured. The Scottish Justice Minister decided against it, however, claiming that he didn't believe false accusations of rape are common. I'd be interested to see what the numbers actually are. The article describes a couple of cases of false accusations, and also interestingly comments that providing anonymity of the accuser is done according to custom, rather than law.

	Source: The Telegraph [UK newspaper] Title: Scotland rules out anonymity for men accused of rape Author: Nick Britten Date: May 31, 2001

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guilty until proven innocent? (Score:1) by cheddah on Saturday June 09, @11:21AM EST (#1) (User #190 Info) In Scotland - is one guilty until proven innocent also? What value is there in denigrating an individual before the facts? If one is not guilty, and was libeled by the media, a law suit should be filed...

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