MEDIA SHOULD MAINTAIN 'PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL FOUND GUILTY' |改國是會議決議: 錯誤報導應更正.訂罰則

The latest justice reform committee meeting calls for better press regulations. The committee recommended misreporting should be corrected and media should be penalized for problematic content. The committee also suggested that there should be a reminder that the suspect is presumed innocent until proven guilty in court. The extent to which the media influences judgements, and how to maintain privacy were the topics discussed for five and a half hours in the latest justice reform committee meeting. When convenor Luo Bing-cheng announced the proposals there was a confrontation with reporters. ==LUO BING-CHENG convenor justice reform committee meeting vs REPORTERS media conference== Media should not be in the police station. During this discussion we watched a video, we feel there is a lot to talk about and there is a considerable gap in our knowledge, we feel it is a bit bizarre, I see that reporters here have an opinion on that, and we will talk more about it later, the mutual relation between media and the justice system and the way that individual cases are covered, the time this case took place isnt mentioned -1 Reporters present asked about media representatives who were invited to the meeting, saying that they were not in fact representative. In the previous meeting, members hinted that some in the media steal files from the justice system to get news. How the extent of news coverage should be regulated and how people's rights can be protected before they are judged, by the system was moot. The committee feel that there should be a system in place with redress for victims and a clear scope of penalties. They say that reports should have marks similar to government health warnings on cigarettes, reminding the public of the principle of 'presumedinnocent until found guilty'. ==LUO BING-CHENG justice reform committee convenor == Any report into an investigation is noit a decided fact there should be a guarantee of presumed innocence, the media should remind people of this, so that the public know that this is still under investigation The meeting discussed compensation for victims of reporting of misleading and untrue news, as well as set fines for those who manufactured such reports. However the differences of opinion on this within the commitee were so great that a consensus was not reached. TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR 司改國是會議，在今天，就「媒體採訪尺度」、以及媒體和司法的關係，進行討論。對於最有爭議的「限制媒體」拍攝「嫌疑人」的部分，會議中認為，應該研議，對於「錯誤報導」的更正權，並制定罰則。同時建議，在報導上，要加註提醒，在判決沒有確定前，「嫌疑人」應推定為無罪的觀念。 媒體是否影響審判、隱私如何保護，是司改國是會議第一小組，增開會議的討論主軸！開了五個半小時的會，小組召集人羅秉成，要向外界公布決議，卻先和記者展開言詞交鋒。 ==記者 vs 司改國是會議第一分組召集人 羅秉成== 媒體退出檢警辦公區 這個討論的過程當中 我們看了一個錄影 我們覺得有很多講的 都跟我們的認知 有相當大的差距 甚至覺得有點匪夷所思 看起來有些媒體朋友 是有意見的 我只能說 那個是在輔助說明 他對媒體跟司法的 這一個互動關係裡面 他觀察的個案 這個案沒有講是什麼時間 在場記者透過提問，質疑先前會議邀請的媒體代表，不具代表性，更對先前會議，有委員影射媒體，偷翻司法卷宗獲取新聞，相當不以為然。不過媒體採訪尺度該如何拿捏，又該如何避免未審先判、損及人權，會議決議，相關單位應該研議出，對錯誤報導的更正權，以及制定罰則規範，還建議報導上，要加註像「吸菸有害身體健康」的警語一樣，註明未判決確定前，應該推定為無罪。 ==司改國是會議第一分組召集人 羅秉成== 任何一個偵查中的報導 他不等於就是確定的事情 而且他受無罪推定保護 等於媒體要有盡這種告知的情形 讓公眾知道說 這還是一個偵查中的案件 雖然會議中也討論到，媒體報導的新聞裡，如果證實與事實不符，被報導人除了向記者及所屬媒體求償，還可請求一定金額的懲罰性賠償，不過，委員間歧見很大，表決後，沒有通過決議。 記者陳佳鑫 應磊奇 台北報導