Free West Virginia Mugshots: A Privacy Advocate's Perspective — Key Highlights
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Debating a bill that would mostly prohibit the public from seeing booking photos for pretrial defendants, lawmakers weighed first amendment rights against the prejudicial effects of sharing mugshots.
If the new law is enacted the west virginia division of corrections & rehabilitation could no longer make mugshots public on its websites and it would no longer be able to share booking photos, even with accredited news outlets.
The matter is the focus of house bill 4621.
Charleston, wv (wowk) a bill that would end the practice of making arrest mug shots available to the public and press in west virginia has passed the house of delegates.
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