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Already in effect at the Staten Island Mall on 11 in-mall displays, district attorney Daniel Donovan used $8000.00 of forfeited criminal money to buy the "ads." By mid-January, the selected mugshots will have been shown over two million times to an uncountable number of shoppers. The company serving the incriminating photos, Adspace Digital Mall Network, owns numerous video displays in 105 malls across 39 cities, so if proven successful, chances are you'll be seeing eye-to-eye with the mugshots of some convicted local criminals.
While we can generally see the benefits of this concept, there are many variables here that have to be taken into consideration. Kara Gotsch, advocacy director of The Sentencing Project, a civil liberties group makes one especially good point: "Their sentence was whatever the judge gave them. This is punishment above and beyond," said Gotsch . "It's stigmatizing these people." Even though Donovon stresses that only chronic cases are getting the ad treatment, don't people deserve the right to start over? [From: WalletPop]
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Subscribe to commentsKatDec 3rd 2008 12:50PM
For Kara, the Bleeding Heart from Project Sentencing: When you have repeat offenders who steal either for personal gain or to sell the stolen merchandise for drugs, either way, it drives up the retail prices for honest customers-not to mention it wastes the time of police officers who have to go to the store, take a report and usually haul the offenders off to jail when they could be out taking care of more critical offenses. Go sit in court with them and let them know how sorry you feel for them and take them into your home so they can rip you off. From personal experience, I know not a whole lot works to deter repeat offenders-they just don't care. As both a cop and a business owner, I know how it feels to have to deal with this over and over and over again.
L.WallDec 3rd 2008 2:35PM
Has Gotsch ever been a victim of identy theft? I don't think so! The aggravation and inability to get the resultant problems resolved is almost overwhelming. Anything that can be done to prevent identity theft is more than welcome.