The potential abuses from a practice of concealing the identities of perpetrators of heinous crimes are too numerous to name. Justice demands identification.
You miss the point.
That’s exactly why they do it: to bask in the glow of public notoriety.
Its like oxygen to criminals. You do it not only for the money or the gratification but the thrill of being at the center of public attention.
Crime is worth that to some people.