Is it ok to publicly embarrass suspects?

On Tuesday Jamaican drug lord and gang leader Christopher Coke was arrested in Kingston.  The next day, his mugshot photos were all over the Jamaican (and international) news.  The kicker: Coke was dressed as a woman — wig and all (photo here).  It’s increasingly common for criminals on the run to masquerade as women…and for their captors to let the world know they were dressed as such.  Given that such pictures causes a huge amount of public embarrassment to the suspect and that they are, remember, just suspects, should governments be allowed to release cross-dressing mug shots? embarrass

-Marc

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June 25, 2010 · Filed Under Marc, Punishment

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  1. TPP Weekly Rewind : The Public Philosopher on June 26th, 2010 5:30 pm

    [...] Fish and argued that student opinion ought to be taken seriously when evaluating professors, Marc wondered whether or not the media ought to embarrass criminal suspects, and TPP intern Han points to the [...]

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