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    #325 Should We Stop Naming Killers?
    Prime Minister Trudeau said naming the Nova Scotia mass shooter was giving him "the gift of infamy"
    Jesse Brown
    Host & Publisher
    Andréa Schmidt
    Managing Editor, Podcasts

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    Romayne Smith Fullerton investigates how different democracies cover crime, and what that reveals about our relationship to government, and to each other.

    Read more at Canadaland: “The Surprising Reason Some Countries Don’t Publish The Names Of Accused Persons“

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