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>>cpasca+(OP)
I'm not sure the goal of this project but collecting criminal arrest information and making it public is not going to help anyone who's been wrongfully arrested, or anyone who's had their charge expunged. I'm fairly sure that storing and exposing this data improperly without respect to subsequent court actions is in violation of the law.

>>chrisc+Bg
What law would be violated? What law would one use to infringe freedom of speech to continue to publish these records as a private citizen? Failing all else, one can host outside the jurisdiction.

>>toomuc+5h
Records can be expunged, sometimes automatically per plea agreements. And yet these records would live on in this dataset.

>>psycho+uh
I agree that that is a very valid concern. I’d hope the data is anonymized (even though I recognize anonymized data is not perfect).

>>jwilbe+Nh
You are also opening yourself up to severe defamation lawsuits by publishing any information that is incorrect.

>>chrisc+Kl
How would that claim work unless one is shown to have altered a public record provided by a court? I’d think such a claim would be dismissed upon as much as one review of discovery if it’s shown that you lawfully obtained the records and otherwise didn’t tamper with said records.

Edit: or am I thinking of libel?