Murder mysteries are always fun to read, especially late at night. Many murder mystery novelists even take a page from real crimes and incorporate them into their stories. It is not surprising that they may have borrowed things from old case files and some writers have even been known to pore through the arrest records to inspire them as to their next novel.

Getting arrested is not the same as getting convicted of a crime. Going to jail and going to prison is also not the same thing. Getting arrested means that one was taken into custody by the police prior to a hearing. People who get arrested can be put in jail where they are detained. People who have been arrested are not yet convicted of a crime; they will have to await a trial before they can be convicted and given a sentence. People on the clay county arrest records therefore, are not necessarily felons. Perhaps they are simply there because of minor things like driving under the influence or littering, and even if it listed as something greater like robbery or murder, it is unfair to accuse them of being guilty as they are yet to be tried in a court of law.

Not everybody in the clay county arrest records is guilty of a crime. They could be there simply because of a case of mistaken identity. These cases do happen, especially when the crime happens in the night time when it is harder to see. It is only after a fair trial that one is convicted. Jail is a temporary thing, one gets held there only until they can be released on bail or until they can get to trial. Prison on the other hand is a sentence. Prison is where people go when they are convicted of a crime.

Many celebrities get arrested as well, and when this happens, the media go into frenzy. Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton have been arrested for driving under the influence. Other actors have been arrested and convicted of possession of illegal substances, possession of illegal weapons, and also solicitation of sexual favors from a prostitute. This similar action can also be found in the clay county arrest records as both the rich and the poor are not spared from the list, for as long as the law is equal and all men are equal under the law.