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Attorney at law John Clarke
Attorney at law John Clarke has raised questions about the legality of the Jamaica Constabulary Force's wanted Wednesdays, a practice of publishing the identities, including photographs, of persons wanted for various crimes.
His comment comes on the heels of a case of mistaken identity involving construction worker Alando Gray who had his photo posted on the JCF's social media platforms as wanted for murder.
Mr Clarke, speaking Wednesday evening on TVJ's All Angles, reiterated that every citizen is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty.
He is of the view that this initiative by the police invites public trial of citizens before they are brought to court, "in a scenarion where even the Criminal Justice Administration Act warns citizens that it is a criminal offence to take pictures of persons accused of a crime."
He's therefore questioning the basis of "the JCF itself posting pictures of persons accused of a crime," when "we have a statute of parliament which puts in that procedural safeguard..."
According to him, there's an inherent danger "even to the prosecution of those citizens."
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