International Law
Walk of Shame: Shanghai to Post Photos of Jaywalkers
Posted Aug 28, 2008, 11:15 am CST
By Martha Neil
Seeking to shame pedestrian scofflaws into complying with traffic rules, Shanghai police plan to publicize photos and videos of their misdeeds--along with comparable crimes by bicyclists and moped riders--on television and in newspapers.
However, the plan is a controversial one, and attorneys are complaining that public humiliation is too harsh a punishment and threatening to bring defamation suits against the police, reports Reuters.
"It's a principle of law that a penalty should match the seriousness of the crime," attorney Liu Chunquan tells the Shanghai Daily, a local newspaper.