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  I’m from the area. This guy spends a ton of his budget on marketing.
context: Being accused of a crime is just about as bad as being convicted from a publicity point of view. Arrest records, charges, mugshots, etc are made public and then spread by news media, blogs, and even extortion sites. An arrest alone (even with no charge or conviction) shows up on a background check. And then, when they decide you're innocent, nothing new is published and none of the old things are redacted, so you remain guilty in the eyes of the public. You will always look like a guilty criminal in Google search results. It's insane how it works. >
  
  This is why fair judicial systems have a blanket ban on publishing names and pictures of the accused until sentenced guilty.
  Not the vindictive systems though. >
  
  The counter-argument to that is that our justice system is transparent. The media and public know who is being arrested and charged, so the government is held accountable and can't be doing misdeeds in secret.
  I don't know what the answer is or which evil is worse but I can see how keeping things secret has problems too. >
  
  I think the answer is either a published retraction and/or deletion of the original article if the person is found not guilty or the record is expunged. >
  
  Damage is done by then. >
  
  Agreed. Obviously the real solution is not publishing a thing until the case is closed and there is a conviction. But even after a conviction if someone is able to do their sentence and qualify for expungement, there is no reason that should still be searchable. >
  
  Keep the media out of the courtroom would honestly do a lot for it in my opinion, I'm fine with court and arrest records being open to the public but the media plays it up to get people watching/reading. >
  
  The problem is transparency. If a court is closed to the media (and public by default), then we can't guarantee a fair trial as we can't be sure what happened in the court room. Records are good, but who's to say the records are accurate. >
  
  Sheriffs are out here trying to get tik tok famous.
  Breaking laws for likes.