Ethical Issue #2

An article at CNN.com was posted about two 16-year-old girls that were prostituting themselves out and were also pimping five other girls. They had also bought an apartment to be used for the "business". The first girl, Tatiana Tye, was accompanied by her grandmother (guardian after Tye left her mother) in responses to the press. However, Jazmine Finley, the other 16-year-old girl, was not able to comment because her guardian failed to show up and give permission.

The prosecutors are planning for the girls to be tried as adults, as they believe all of their charges count as felonies (which include child prostitution, pandering, and receiving earnings as a prostitute).

Ok, first off the article should not mention the name of Jazmine Finley due to the fact that her guardian never showed up to give permissions. If there was a time after that when permissions to use the name were given, they should be mentioned. The whole issue around the prosecutes releasing the names and trying them as adults is bewildering to me. It has nothing to do with ethics in journalism, but holy crap. I'm surprised the article doesn't mention the names of some of the other girls that were recruited.