We have noted, dozens of times, the McClatchy Mugshot Policy. Though I have never been able to find it officially published, when it was first emailed to McClatchy reporters and editors, a couple of the recipients sent it out via Twitter, which is the source of the image to the left, with the full text […]
We have noted, dozens of times, how the Lexington Herald-Leader, in going along with the McClatchy mugshot policy, has declined to print mugshots of accused defendants, even when those defendants are already convicted felons, and even when the subjects are accused of murder and are still on the loose. But now, the Herald-Leader is doing […]
Emily Darnell lives in Paducah Kentucky, at the far western end of the Bluegrass State. A story about a non-lethal stabbing, a domestic violence episode in the county seat of McCracken County, wouldn’t normally attract much interest in the Lexington Herald-Leader, but in this very ordinary case, it was ‘important’ enough for one of the […]
The Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States specifies: Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. And thus we come to the case of George Aldridge: Man charged in 3 Lexington sexual assaults has been tied to another case, police say By Christopher Leach […]
It has been awhile since we last mentioned the McClatchy Mugshot Policy: Publishing mugshots of arrestees has been shown to have lasting effects on both the people photographed and marginalized communities. The permanence of the internet can mean those arrested but not convicted of a crime have the photograph attached to their names forever. Beyond […]
The Lexington Herald-Leader adheres to the McClatchy Mugshot Policy, which begins: Publishing mugshots of arrestees has been shown to have lasting effects on both the people photographed and marginalized communities. The permanence of the internet can mean those arrested but not convicted of a crime have the photograph attached to their names forever. Beyond the […]
As we noted previously, the Lexington Herald-Leader does not like publishing mugshots of accused criminals. Nevertheless, they did print the picture of Randolph Morris, a former University of Kentucky basketball player, in the story reporting that he had just been acquitted of three counts of wire fraud and eight counts of making false statements in […]
We noted on Sunday that the Lexington Herald-Leader declined to post the mugshot of Brent Dyer Kelty, a man previously convicted of “several prior felonies in Fayette County since 2010,” in their story about him being indicted for the murder of an infant. In that, the newspaper followed the McClatchy Mugshot Policy, despite the fact […]
As we have previously noted, the Lexington Herald-Leader adheres to the McClatchy Mugshot Policy. The policy states as one of its reasons is the possibility that a criminal suspect might be acquitted or have the charges dropped, in which case publishing his mugshot would have a detrimental effect on him. But what if the accused […]