from the Washington Post – have a mugshot on the website even after never being charged with a crime. FOR LATEST CASE STATUS, CONTACT THE OFFICIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHICH ORIGINALLY RELEASED THE INFORMATION.”īecause of this, many people – like Jesse T. A DEFENDANT IS PRESUMED INNOCENT UNLESS PROVEN GUILTY AND CONVICTED. ARREST DOES NOT IMPLY GUILT, AND CRIMINAL CHARGES ARE MERELY ACCUSATIONS. THE MUGSHOTS AND/OR ARREST RECORDS PUBLISHED ON MUGSHOTS.COM ARE IN NO WAY AN INDICATION OF GUILT AND THEY ARE NOT EVIDENCE THAT AN ACTUAL CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED. PUBLISHED MUGSHOTS AND/OR ARREST RECORDS ARE PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED PUBLIC RECORDS OF: AN ARREST, AN INDICTMENT, A REGISTRATION, THE DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY OR A DETENTION. The full disclaimer is below: “DISCLAIMER NOTICE: ALL ARE PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY IN A COURT OF LAW. The website has a large disclaimer at the top of its homepage indicating “all are presumed innocent until proven guilty”, but there’s no indication of what actually ends up happening after the arrest. The website offers to remove mugshot listings by paying a hefty fee of $399. is a public online database that indexes recent arrests from around the country and makes them easily searchable online along with a mugshot and a description of the arrest. Last week, in one of the more comical stories in online privacy, two alleged owners of finally got what was coming to them – they’ve been arrested on charges of extortion, money laundering and identity theft – Thomas Keesee and Sahar Sarid of ended up having their own mugshots posted publicly online. For years, websites like, , and have been profiting off of the humiliation of individuals who have had a run-in with the law.
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