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Robert — (archived)

I think the English word you're looking for is "culpability", which shares roots with "culprit"; see also the Latin mea culpa.

I think that the power of the press to make judgments and prejudice people must be inherent in all free societies. It's common here in the US to have difficulty finding a jury that hasn't been tainted by press accounts before a trial, and judges have tried to mitigate the problem by moving trials to locations far from the scene of the crime, and by imposing "gag orders" on participants to limit information to the press. They walk a fine line between justice and the public's right to observe its government in action.

That's the price we pay for living in a free society. Totalitarian systems are so much easier...for the government.

--Robert

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