A few years ago, the News of the World decided to publish the names and photographs of many child-sex offenders. Each week it published more.
The result? Vigilantes or Lynch Law.
People suspected of being sex offenders had their houses attacked. An innocent man called Victor Terry, who was pretty old at the time, was targeted by a vigilante organisation. He had the same name as a sex offender.
In Manchester, another man was attacked by vigilantes who mistook him for one of the offenders published in the paper.
Common sense and reason by normal citizens take a back seat when faced with such an emotional issue!
