Tampa Bay Mug Shots

1. I'm not sure what exactly this falls under, but it is definitely not journalism. Some of the individuals profiled as convicted criminals do not even have a charged cited against them. For example, Timothy Shane Worley is profiled on a mugshot website as a criminal, yet under his charge it says "had trouble getting a charge for Timothy Shane". This is inconclusive and there is not enough evidence to put them on this website. On the website there is a small side-blurb that labels itself a "public service" and that all people on the site "have not been convicted of the arrest charge are presumed innocent". It even goes as far as to say "do not rely on this site to determine any person's actual crime record". I think that would bring it closest to entertainment than anything.


2. I do not think it is fair to put people up on a entertainment-based website as because none of them have actually been convicted of the crimes they are being labeled with. Even if they are acquitted, they have already been documented with the crime and have it on their record.

3. I don't think it's technically illegal to have a website like this because it does state that it isn't an actual crime record, but at the same time someone could challenge the fact that a false allegation was being printed against them and try to file a lawsuit.

4. A website about restaurants and food is different a mugshots website because businesses serving food are legally responsible to provide information about what they serve to the public and follow all health code violations. A website like this is designed to give people entertainment rather than vital information about their food and how it is prepared.



5. In a digital age, a website like this could do irreversible damage to someone's personal or private life. Associating someone with a false conviction could cause a potential employer to associate them with the crime without realizing that the website was inaccurate and entertainment-based. Attaching someone's identity on the internet to a false accusation could cause irreversible damage and isn't something to be taken likely.