State Lawmaker Wants to Keep Graphic Crime Scene Photos Under Wraps
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| Representative Scott Largent |
In fact, the only way such photos or videos could be released if the bill becomes Missouri law would be with the permission of (a) a family member of the victim, or (b) a circuit judge, who concludes that the public benefit from releasing the images outweighs the intrusion on the victim's privacy.
The press doesn't ever publish or air such images, so it's unclear why Largent, whose district sits between Kansas City and the Lake of the Ozarks, is concerned about this subject. When Daily RFT called him, he happened to be en route to a committee hearing on the bill (House Bill 883).
Missouri's current Sunshine Law, which stipulates which records and meetings are open to the public, doesn't have a section directly dealing with graphic crime scene images; Largent's bill would add a whole new section the statute.
Read the bill here.
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