Public Shaming Law and Legal Definition
Public shaming is a judicial punishment imposed on a convicted criminal that includes humiliation in public instead of imprisonment. For example, men who were found guilty of soliciting prostitutes had to sweep and cleanup the local red light district streets which were littered with condoms.
Legal Definition list
Related Legal Terms
- Abuse of Public Office
- Acta Publica
- Ad Vindictam Publicam
- All-Purpose Public Figure
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants [AICPA]
- Approved Provider [Public Safety]
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
- Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials - International
- Authorized Public Chartering Agency [Education]
- Boni Judicis Est Litis Dirimere; Et Interest Reipublicae Ut Sint Fines Litium