Comments on: New law forces websites to pull mug shots of the acquitted

By: Advocate

Advocate — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 11:38:54 +0000

In reply to Tony. Tony - if only it were so but I highly doubt it.

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 03:13:08 +0000

So, does this mean that if your photo is on the Sex offenders website, and you have a withhold of adjudication, you can have your photo taken off of there?

By: JoeM

JoeM — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 22:55:31 +0000

Everything that I see says that it is VERY easy to convict ANYONE for ANYTHING. That is why the government has a “kill ratio”of about 90-95% of everyone charged. Ask the couple in Texas who were released recently after years in prison for “ritual Satanic sexual abuse” at their day care center how easy it is to convict someone of a sex offense, even one that is based on evidence that is ludicrous at best.

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 19:40:05 +0000

In reply to Karen.

Indeed RayO is correct – the acquitted part is only for the sealing of the records – the removal of mug shots is for everyone….

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 11:27:20 +0000

In reply to RayO. That is good to know! Thanks RayO!

By: RayO

RayO — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 01:02:17 +0000

I just read SB 118. The new law indicates that you may require an entity that receives money for removing mugshots, to remove your mugshot, at no charge, regardless of whether you were convicted. The article above makes it sound like you have to have been acquitted in order to have this right. The whole issue of whether one is acquitted relates only to section 2 of the bill re: sealing of public records.

By: Joe123

Joe123 — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 21:32:02 +0000

Florida? What a horrendous state to live in. You guys REALLY need a change in legislature. This is literally one of the absolute Worst states in the nation to live in, from the perspective of criminal justice and how archaic their views are.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 13:55:56 +0000

There is a legal disclaimer on each counties website about how to use the information concerning Sex Offenders.

None of these MUG SHOT sites carries this disclaimer which states the penalty for misusing SO info.

Why is the state letting this happen?? What about making them take down the entire site because it is not run by the state sanctioned punishment scheme??