Problems of maintaining the presumption of innocence in media reports and information about crimes

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The article analyzes the problems of CITATION maintaining the presumption of innocence in media reports and information about crimes. It is noted that Matjanov Ilxam Adilbaevich. (2025). Problems of maintaining the presumption of innocence in media reports and information about crimes. the media currently does not maintain a growth trend in The American Journal of Political Science Law and Criminology, 7(03), 31– the dissemination of news and information about 35. https://doi.org/10.37547/tajpslc/Volume07Issue03-05 crimes. It is said that the journalistic investigation and the presumption of innocence contradict each other in COPYRIGHT content. It is concluded that for violating the © 2025 Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the creative commons attributes 4.0 License. requirements of the presumption of innocence, liability is provided for the investigator, prosecutor, or court, but the responsibility for a journalist is not clearly defined by law. Keywords: Criminal procedure, presumption of innocence, criminal case, journalist, news and information, information, media, evidence, transparency, investigation, court, principle, innocent person. Introduction: Reforms aimed at expanding transparency in law enforcement activities are aimed at strengthening the participation of citizens in public and state life, especially in the criminal procedure sphere. The media is the main tool in ensuring transparency. An important step in this direction was the Resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated June 27, 2022 No. PP-294 "On Measures to Support Mass Media and Develop the Sphere of Journalism". Public interest in issues related to the criminal procedure sphere is growing year by year. Analysis of TV, newspapers, magazines, and electronic media shows that they maintain an upward trend in the dissemination of crime-related news and information. However, it should be noted that the reason for the The American Journal of Political Science Law and Criminology 31 https://www.theamericanjournals.com/index.php/tajpslc The American Journal of Political Science Law and Criminology growth of this trend is not an increase in the level of view of a court verdict that has entered into legal force, crime in the country, but a positive change in the that the person is not obliged to prove innocence, and government's attitude towards the activities of the that all doubts about guilt are resolved in favor of the media and the provision of broad opportunities for person. From a moral point of view, it requires a neutral them. Of course, crime has always existed and its level attitude towards the person who committed the crime, has always increased, but the practice of widely not to insult him, and not to draw preliminary covering news and information about crime in the conclusions about the incident. Sometimes his rules are media has only become more common in recent years. violated. One of the principles that should be scientifically researched is the issue of responsibility for The activities of the media in the coverage of criminal violation of its rules. cases can be assessed by both positive and negative criteria. In this regard, A.D.Boykov and I.I.Karpets note As a general legal requirement, - writes L.D. Kokorev, - that "The mass media, which have taken on the task of the presumption of innocence indicates the legal status protecting social justice and are actually fulfilling this of a person in society, and only on the basis of a court task, in some cases cause great, and in some cases verdict that has entered into legal force is a person irreparable damage to the interests of citizens and considered to have committed a crime [3, 32-33]. organizations... It is known that the procedure for Subsequently, the author quotes Ya.O.Motovilovker as making a court decision is enriched with procedural follows: "The purpose of the presumption of innocence guarantees that ensure its fairness. And the justice is not to implement the principle of objective truth, but provided by the media is not always reliable" [1, 38]. to determine what the legal conclusion should be in the Subsequently, the authors note that transparency part of the case where objective truth cannot give a contributes not only to awareness of law enforcement clear answer and a cognitive result has not been activities, but also to the implementation of public achieved. In practice, there would be no room for such control [1, 170]. problems as the presumption of innocence if the legislator did not proceed from the fact that the truth Transparency requires close cooperation between law may not be established in certain cases" [3, 35]. enforcement agencies and the media. However, "the widespread introduction of the media into criminal Yu.V.Fransiforov emphasizes that the presumption of proceedings can, in some cases, lead to other problems innocence is directly related to the process of proof. This that are difficult to resolve