Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office will no longer post mug shots on its website
MCSO stops posting photos on website overview The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office will no longer post mugshots on its website. The decision followed a ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. Maricopa County, Arizona – Mugshots of people arrested for Maricopa County It will no longer be published on the Sheriff's […]
9th Circuit says mug shots posted online are ‘pretrial punishment’ in Maricopa County case
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that posting arrestees' mugshots on government websites constitutes illegal pretrial punishment. In a unanimous decision, three judges gave Brian Houston permission to sue Maricopa County over the sheriff's department's practice of routinely posting photos of people processed in its jails on the internet. Justice Marcia Berzon, writing […]
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office removes mug shots from website after 9th Circuit ruling
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office announced Monday that it had removed mugshots of suspects from its website after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the office, finding it illegal to post the photos online. The man's lawyers who filed the lawsuit argue that the photos violate their client's constitutional rights. Earlier this month, […]
