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To: Nachum

Why is he only identified by his first name?


4 posted on 08/20/2009 9:34:07 PM PDT by spyone (ridiculum)
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To: spyone
Why is he only identified by his first name?

A legal restriction in most European countries, if not all E.U. members, to "protect the innocent". Once convicted, the full name can be used...unless the authorities find a "compelling reason" to maintain the restriction.

13 posted on 08/21/2009 12:05:59 AM PDT by ApplegateRanch (The mob got President Barabbas; America got shafted)
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