Online, mug shots are forever. Some states want to change that By Lindsey Van Ness, Stateline.org
Published: May 16, 2021, 2:45pm
Share: The wall of shame. Lawmakers across the U.S. are moving to stop police from releasing booking photos unless the arrestee failed to appear for court, was a fugitive or was convicted. (Dreamstime/TNS)
After a weekend in the Burleigh County, North Dakota, detention center last summer, Dustin Gawrylow was relieved when the state’s attorney decided not to press charges against him.
Gawrylow, 38, had been in a fistfight with his brother a “brotherly scuffle,” he called it and was surprised to be arrested after going to the police to explain what happened.
After a weekend in the Burleigh County, N.D., detention center last summer, Dustin Gawrylow was relieved when the stateâs attorney decided not to press charges against him.
Gawrylow, 38, had been in a fistfight with his brother â a âbrotherly scuffle,â he called it â and was surprised to be arrested after going to the police to explain what happened.
But even though his charges didnât stick around, his booking photo did.
âIn the meantime, my mug shot got out, and it circulated widely in political circles,â said Gawrylow, who in 2012 started the North Dakota Watchdog Network, a libertarian-leaning group that advocates for lower taxes and less government spending.
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Online, Mug Shots Are Forever. Some States Want to Change That.
Dustin Gawrylow, left, whose mug shot once circulated online after he was arrested but not charged, voices opposition to a ballot measure in Bismarck, North Dakota. The state is one of six where lawmakers have discussed legislation that would stem the publication of mug shots before a conviction.
Tom Stromme
The Bismarck Tribune via The Associated Press
After a weekend in the Burleigh County, North Dakota, detention center last summer, Dustin Gawrylow was relieved when the state’s attorney decided not to press charges against him.
The bills include:
HB 66 Rep. Terry Moore (R â Billings) Reauthorize securities restitution fund
HB 112 Rep. John Fuller (R - Whitefish) Require interscholastic athletes to participate under sex assigned at birth
HB 233 Rep. Fred Anderson (R - Great Falls) Revise funding for students with disabilities
HB 247 Rep. Marta Bertoglio (R â Clancy) Revise motor vehicle fleet registration
HB 257 Rep. Jedediah Hinkle (R â Belgrade) Revise laws relating to government mandates and businesses
HB 273 Rep. Derek Skees (R â Kalispell) Eliminate restrictions on nuclear facility development
HB 336 Rep. Brandon Ler (R â Savage) Interstate cooperative meatpacking compact
HB 426 Rep. Dennis Lenz (R - Billings) Revise laws regarding interactions between DPHHS and child and family ombudsman
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