On January 16th, 2025, the Leon County Sheriff’s office notified the public that booking reports will no longer be available on their official website or social media. LCSO stated that mugshots will still be in their news releases and that a public records request can still be used to obtain mugshots. LCSO noted that “The Leon County Sheriff’s Office remains committed to transparency while protecting the constitutional rights of all individuals in our community.” The decision is based on a recent court ruling. On September 5th, 2024, The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on Houston v. Maricopa County of Arizona, stating that it is not “constitutionally permissible” to have a policy of posting mugshots of arrestees who have not been convicted of a crime, and that it violates their due process rights.  In 2022, Brian Houston was arrested in Phoenix on the charge of assault. As is standard in the Maricopa County’s jail booking process, Houston’s mugshot was taken and posted online and was publicly accessible alongside his full name, birthdate, and alleged crime. Houston was not prosecuted for these charges and they were dropped, and in May 2022, Houston filed a class action lawsuit alleging that the public release of this information violated his due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment and that it caused him “intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress”. The Court of Appeals decreed that the state does not have the right to punish arrestees pretrial without a judgement of guilt.