I wonder if Meredith Egan will tell us why, in Canada, the Youth Criminal Justice Act prevents the public from knowing the identity of a family of murder victims, once their underage daughter is among those chargesd with their murder? Can she explain to us what public policy purpose is served by this restriction?

Liblogs is biased.

What do we care who the family is? What is the possible public purpose to know these details? The daughter is charged and in custody until her hearing. There is no danger and there is no need for the public to know until the verdict.

Budd, I can't imagine what on earth this information would be relevant to you.

I am sure that everyone in that town knows the who, what, when and where but are struggling to find out the why.

What valid public policy purpose is being served by this kind of restriction? In what other country in the Western world would the media be prohibited from publishing the name of a family who had been victimized simply because their 12 year old daughter is now among the accused?

Why would anyone care, JD? I think the answer to that is that the names of the victims would be public information under any other circumstances, so why not here? To what degree does this country really believe that keeping secret the identity of youth criminals, including accused youth homicidal criminals, is serving any valid justice or public safety purpose.