New Jersey Considering Bill to Keep Suspect Booking Photos Confidential
News agencies in the state oppose the measure
New Jersey lawmakers plan to vote on legislation to make police booking photos of suspects confidential — a bill that's opposed by the group that represents 20 daily newspapers and other media outlets serving the state.
The bill, A-3906, would make mug shots off-limits unless there is a conviction. New Jersey Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver, a Democrat from Essex, N.J., has scheduled it for a vote Thursday. The proposal has yet to be taken up in the Senate.
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Too bad the F.B.I. would still require New Jersey and every other state to submit all of their arrest info to them so it can be put into its NCIC database.