Despite ambiguities, media should uphold professional standards when reporting on the judicial process
Balancing exclusivity vs. the need for accuracy.
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The most important concept we should bear in mind when it comes to indictments is the presumption of innocence.
The courts should start functionalizing their websites and use them to publish all judgments, after having redacted private data.
The same information that might be relevant and of public interest in some circumstances or at one point in time, might not be considered in the public interest in other circumstances, or at another point in time.
Furtuna Sheremeti
Furtuna Sheremeti is a law graduate from the University of Prishtina. She holds an MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Oxford and is currently doing her doctorate at KU Leuven in Belgium on state crimes and state harms.
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This story was originally written in English.