I’d certainly not release even mugshots or records unless there’s a conviction. Any deferred or dropped case should be automatically expunged.
But nope, you have to pay out the ass even without a conviction. This country’s “legal system” is rightfully hated by nearly anyone not directly paid off by it.
This is brutal, it made me cry. I generally fall to the side of the police but this was so bad. That guy calling for mom tore me up.