Re:Online, mug shots are forever – some states want to chang...
by dodobirdlord on Friday May 14, 2021 @08:39PM
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It would probably pass muster if framed in terms of defamation. Making it statutorily defamation (i.e. you automatically lose civil suits, regardless of your intent to defame) to distribute someone’s arrest record without also distributing their conviction record with equal prominence would probably strike the right balance.
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Re:Online, mug shots are forever – some states want to chang...
by LorenPechtel on Saturday May 15, 2021 @12:49PM
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It needs to be criminal so the people that do it offshore can be nailed.
Re:Online, mug shots are forever – some states want to chang...
by nradov on Friday May 14, 2021 @10:16PM
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Unlikely. The Constitution contains no exceptions for defamation.
Re:Online, mug shots are forever – some states want to chang...
by dodobirdlord on Saturday May 15, 2021 @07:19PM
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Defamation is already a civil tort. Are you under the impression that the First Amendment protects defamatory speech from being litigated as defamation?