The thing is, most of us don't. I wouldn't expect mass public shamings becoming a routine feature of the community.

I think that statement is too incomplete - it makes it sound like an accident, which it wasn't. I do think it's important to have the facts on the record so that people can make up their own minds about them. A number of people have said that they'd be personally unwilling to trust someone that had done this sort of thing again, even if the project as a whole was prepared to give second chances. I think they should have the facts necessary to be able to make that sort of decision.