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Massachusetts Clerk Magistrates and Assistants Pocket Millions in After-Hours Fees

by Matt Clarke

In 2009, 191 of 210 clerk magistrates and assistants in Massachusetts padded their incomes by pocketing over $2.5 million in after-hours bail fees.

Clerk magistrates and assistants are paid salaries ranging from $84,000 to $110,000. Due to a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling that bail hearings must ...

 

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