Australia's most prominent criminal lawyer Chris Murphy has slammed CrimeNet - Australian Web site that sells criminal's details.
Murphy told ZDNet Australia that CrimeNet operator Ken Shultz, "is an unscupulous bum" and should be thrown in jail.
"His conduct is illegal and if he ends up in jail for contempt, jail is punishment enough. Our statutes provide severe penalties."
According to Murphy offenders commit crime when they are at a low point in their life. "I'm against anything that doesn't allow people to rejoin the community. It isolates people, makes lepers of them," Murphy said.
Murphy told ZDNet that the legal establishment works hard at helping people who commit crimes and "this fellow destroys lives."
"If he does it again the Attorney General should hold him responsible," he said.
"This is another example of despicable conduct over the Internet. I would put him on a par with people who spread viruses such as the Lovebug virus," Murphy said.
"This malicious conduct shouldn't be dressed up as civil rights," he adds.
