Marshall Democrat-News: Story: Marshall man arrested by deputies April 29 on suspicion of rape

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Marshall man arrested by deputies April 29 on suspicion of rape

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

A 45-year-old Marshall man was arrested late Tuesday, April 29, after a woman reported that he had raped her, according to a Saline County Sheriff's Department report.

The man was apparently intoxicated when deputies arrived at the scene in rural Marshall and would not cooperate with their requests, according to the report.

He was taken into custody without incident and is being held in the Saline County Justice Center pending filing of charges, according to the report.

The report was submitted to the county prosecutor's office early Wednesday, according to Sheriff Wally George.

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Dont print anything unless you can give a name. Write another story about JIM THE WONDER DOG or something!

-- Posted by yomomma on Tue, May 13, 2008, at 2:13 PM

wise policy

-- Posted by in bloom on Sat, May 10, 2008, at 9:07 AM

the lack of name indicates the person makes over 65k a year

-- Posted by JJGates on Thu, May 8, 2008, at 7:14 AM

Response by Eric Crump/Editor:

Lack of name indicates no charges have yet been filed in the case.

JJ Gates knows.......

-- Posted by JJGates on Thu, May 8, 2008, at 7:13 AM

Our policy is that we do not publish the names of people arrested until they are actually charged with a crime. At least at this point, we have no information that any charges were filed or will be filed. If and when we have that information, we will publish a name.

-- Posted by Kathy Fairchild on Tue, May 6, 2008, at 2:50 PM

I agree. It drives me crazy to hear about arrests and to not know who it is. The article should not even be published until there is a person to attach to the crime. I guess there is so little news to report sometimes that even an arrest that might not stick at the prosecutor's office gets printed to fill space. I think names should ALWAYS be published no matter if the charge sticks or not. All arrests are a matter of public record.

-- Posted by troygilpin on Mon, May 5, 2008, at 9:58 PM

Response by Eric Crump/Editor:

I understand how you feel, but I also understand how people feel who are arrested but never charged with a crime. Their reputation can be badly hurt, sometimes permanently, even if they were not guilty of the crime in question.

Our policy is a compromise. We could wait until there's a conviction before publishing names, but that often takes months, even years.

Arrests are news. When charges are filed, we publish names of people charged.

WHO WHO WHO?????

-- Posted by yomomma on Fri, May 2, 2008, at 2:14 PM

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