The media victimisation of the defendant through the violation of the presumption of innocence
The paper analyses the theoretical concept and legal framework of the presumption of innocence and the significance of the consequences of its violation by the media in Serbia, which leads to the victimization of the accused. An analysis of examples of reporting of selected electronic media...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Victimology Society of Serbia and Prometej-Beograd
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Temida |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1450-6637/2020/1450-66372002271D.pdf |
| Summary: | The paper analyses the theoretical concept and legal framework of the
presumption of innocence and the significance of the consequences of its
violation by the media in Serbia, which leads to the victimization of the
accused. An analysis of examples of reporting of selected electronic media
is presented, in which the way the media violates the presumption of
innocence is indicated. In order to draw the attention of the professional
and general public to the consequences of unethical media reporting on
crime, it is pointed out that they are reflected in the impossibility of
proper development of the defendant’s personality, stigmatization as a
direct consequence of media treatment to which he was exposed, and
degradation of the right to privacy. The author concludes that it is
necessary to work on raising public awareness of the unforeseeable harmful
consequences for the personality of all those who are associated with a
criminal event in the media and to more legally regulate the ban on
violating the presumption of innocence by the media, and achieve a balance
between the presumption of innocence, as a part of the corpus of the
defendant’s rights, and the right of the public to be informed on time of
the state of crime. |
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| ISSN: | 1450-6637 2406-0941 |