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All defendants should be accorded anonymity until at least charge.
There's a strong argument for emulating other countries in maintaining it until conviction. Why should a charged-but-acquitted defendant be besmirched this way? Consider how many ignorant people inveterately pipe-up the "No smoke without fire" line.

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