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"Judge orders Nassau to remove name, photo from 'Wall of Shame'"

"Judge orders Nassau to remove name, photo from 'Wall of Shame'": Today's edition of Newsday contains an article that begins, "A judge has ordered Nassau County to remove a woman's name and mug shot from the county's online 'Wall of Shame,' saying that posting the information about her DWI arrest violates her right to due process. State Supreme Court Judge William LaMarca said posting Alexandra Bursac's photo punishes her in a way not authorized by the law. And because of the permanence of the Internet, it imposes an inappropriate penalty by exposing her to 'limitless and eternal notoriety.'"

New York City's 1010 WINS newsradio has posted an article featuring the woman's mug shot photo at this link.

Full post as published by How Appealing on October 21, 2008 (boomark / email).