Drunk Driver Mugshots Featured On Facebook

Posted by Soulskill on Friday August 13, 2010 @02:19AM from the catching-you-at-your-best dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Get yourself a DUI and your mugshot may get some exposure on Facebook. That is, if you get caught in New Jersey by Evesham Township's police, which have begun posting mugshots of arrested people, convicted or not, on its Facebook page. Now, we know that if you get arrested, your privacy is pretty much limited to the brand of your underpants, but the local police department has started a controversy and may find itself in hot water. How much value does a public mugshot on Facebook have to the public? What privacy rights do you have if you get arrested?"

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Meanwhile, on Long Island... by AndyAndyAndyAndy · 2010-08-13 02:22 · Score: 4, Informative

Newsday has been publishing DUI arrestees' mugshots on their website for at least the last few years.

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Re:Ummm... by DJRumpy · 2010-08-13 02:52 · Score: 4, Informative

All well and good, except these are being posted when these people are arrested. At this time, they are still presumed innocent until guilt is proven or they are convicted of a crime. This smacks of harassment.

People should know who you are and what your proclivities are. In the above cases you should expect no right to privacy after your first conviction