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Publishing Picture of Accused in Newspapers: A Legal Reflection

This article examines legality of some judicial authoritiesʹ decision to publish uncovered picture of an accused in newspapers. The situation at first glance, may look like a legal vacuum, since no explicit legislation bans or allows the act. We shall, thus, first, study some legal reasons which can be offered to back the permissibility. Yet, I shall argue for the ban taking into account some of our recognized legal principles, as well as implicit indication of a particular piece of the Criminal Procedural Act. This article has, however, admitted the fact the addressees of the ban are judicial authorities. The parliament may, however, enact particular piece of legislation which -in certain circumstances and under certain conditions- enables the judicial authorities to do so.