Brushes with law live on, thanks to mug-shot websites

Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 19:20 in Mathematics & Economics

In 2010, Zim Rogers was waiting to hear from his bosses about whether he would be promoted. Rogers, who works in global securities, said that instead of getting a better job, he was fired after a cursory Google search turned up an 11-year-old mug shot and records in Florida of an arrest on suspicion of drunk driving and driving without a license - charges that were later reduced to misdemeanors and dismissed, his attorney said.

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