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Mug Shots in Massachusetts: Are Booking Photos Public?

November 8th, 2019

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When you are arrested in Massachusetts, the police take a booking photograph, better known as a mug shot. It is not proof of guilt, and it is not part of your official criminal record. But it is also not automatically private. Whether anyone else can…

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