One of the most outspoken members of the US Republican Party over the Epstein files has told the BBC he is “not satisfied until the survivors are satisfied”.
Thomas Massie, a congressman representing Kentucky, told the Newsnight programme: “Men need to be perp-walked in handcuffs to the jail, and until we see that here in this country… we don’t have a system of justice that’s working.”
Massie has criticised the Department of Justice (DOJ) for the number of files that it redacted or withheld after it complied with a law - co-written by Massie - to release all its material.
DOJ officials have said they have released all of their files other than certain items permitted to be exempt.
In contrast with the situation in the US, the UK was “the only place that we’re seeing arrests”, Massie said. He said it was “ironic that [the US] thought we could have more justice by becoming independent from Britain”.
In Europe we disagree. Exposing a criminals identity is illegal. You have a right to be forgotten. And you deserve no infamy. You must be forgotten.
It’s about the crime, not the criminal.
It’s okay, Europe makes mistakes too.
And yet the criminal trials in Europe are also open to the public – nobody on this thread said anything about after the trial until you brought it up.
Some trials are public, but the identity of the criminal is usually not.
That’s why no reputable media states the full name of the criminal and they use coverings to hide their faces.
Well, I will say that I agree that after serving their sentences for child rape they should be forgotten.