Mugshot extortion outlawed under bill – Palm Beach Post

[Baitball Blogger]

Publishers of arrest booking photos may not accept or extort money or favors to “remove, correct or modify” a mugshot under a proposed bill in the Florida Senate.

Under SB 276, filed by Sen. Darren Soto, D-Kissimmee, the person whose mugshot has been removed or altered by a publisher who has accepted or solicited money to do so, can seek an injunction to permanently remove the mugshot from the website or digital or printed publication. A judge could impose a fine of $1,000 if the image is not removed within two weeks of the order to do so.


http://floridafaf.org/mugshot-extortion-outlawed-bill-palm-beach-post/

[nichomachus]

1. A similar law just went into effect in CA n/t