Innocent till proven guilty?

[Taekwondo Guy]

Watching the news and reading websites about the suspect who the portugese police arrested and released for the toddler Madeline abduction.
Sky News - Full coverage of the hunt for missing Madeleine McCann

He's saying his life will be in tatters until his name is cleared when they find the real culprit, fair play IMO.

Why is it that we go on a witch hunt and delve deep into suspects lifes before any proof/evidence is investigated?

I feel sorry for this guy, do you think he can lead a normal life now until this is solved?

This reminds me of girls who cry rape because they regret the 3 man bunk up they had the previous night, so the guys are named and shamed on page 1,2,3...when the case is dropped it is shown on page 30 below the Argos advert.

Should there be some sort of identity protection for suspects until they are held on evidence, not hear say and hunches?

Discuss

[butler]

I think they are desperatly looking for a face to put on the papers just to make people feel safer and give them an answer. They public don't care who it is as long as some one gets caught and blamed for it, they need the security crap. I am sticking with the innocent until guilty stuff though. Hope they find her soon though, i feel so sorry for the parents and the girl.

[Traps]

I feel just as sorry for all the parents that have their children abducted that dont get any kind of attention - national or international.

[fitme]

I can never folllow stories like this. This is a parents nightmare. She is the cuttest little thing. Makes me sick to my stomach.

[narcsarge]

His life will never be the same Bulk! No matter how it turns out. Not one to question the actions of police if I don't know the case but the investigation is affecting even those that seem to know this guy. So many more people will be affected by this investigation. The investigation has to be 100% thorough, if this guy is innocent his life will be turned upside down. Just imagine what will happen to him if he has a porno addiction!

Hope to hell they get it sorted out and the little girl is found! But I suspect this guy's life is never going to be normal again.

[RoyceDa59]

It will destroy his life, the media just need someone to blame when in reality it's the parents fault.

[marathon man]

they did it for years in northern ireland when the IRA killed someone they used to go and arrest anyone with ginger hair in a blaze of glory then three days later let them out of the back door of the police station in the middle of the night

frankly it is a farce

in fairness as well i thought the parents were being ridiculous as well if you go on hols with ur kids you look after your kids