Associated Press Will No Longer Release Mugshots of Suspects - The Reason Is Obvious...
The Associated Press announced on Tuesday that it will no longer release mugshots or name of suspects involved in "brief stories about minor crimes."
AP reporter Farnoush Amiri shared the new guidance on Twitter, writing that "In a huge departure, @AP will no longer name suspects in brief stories about minor crimes in which there is little chance AP will provide coverage beyond the initial arrest."
The move, she said, is part of an effort to "minimize harm on suspects’ who later gain employment or just move on in their lives."
"Usually, we don’t follow up with coverage about the outcome of the cases. We may not know if the charges were later dropped or reduced, as they often are, or if the suspect was later acquitted," AP vice president for standards John Daniszewski wrote in a public memo...
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