A candidate in Texas is causing a stir with his reaction to the publishing of his mugshot from 1977. It is unclear how is case was resolved, but the charges were eventually dismissed against him after the initial charges were filed for his alleged possession of valium.
One of the frustrating things a Chester County DUI lawyer encounters is when the newspapers publish in the police blotter arrests. Gossip starts, people are embarrassed, and lives are disrupted and possibly temporarily ruined. Federal courts have stated that publishing mugshots is not a violation of privacy rights. There's even an entire industry making money off of mugshots and it can ruin your life.
It is messed up, if you ask me. You have a person who has not even been found guilty of a damn thing, but they are already embarrassed. This is America where a person is innocent until proven guilty. If a person gets the case dismissed, either by fighting it or being accepted into ARD, they should not have to be haunted by mugshots for the rest of their life.