In the United States today, law enforcement acting on their own accord engaging in arbitrary government decision making, can destroy an individual's personal life and, constitutionally protected employment prospects. A booking photo is the photo that is taken by authorities when an individual is arrested. Under many state laws and, Virginia Statute § 2.2-3706 an individual arrested automatically has their booking photo released to the public on the internet without a fair opportunity to cross-examine the evidence against them in a full and final hearing. This destroys personal lives and Un constitutionally protected employment prospects in the internet age. Does due process require a meaningful opportunity to be heard, before the release of booking photos absent guilty plea, conviction or a fugitive of justice?

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