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Being accused of a sex crime in Massachusetts is a serious matter. Not only does the state of Massachusetts have harsh penalties for people convicted of sex crimes, but your name will be included for life on the Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board. Anyone who logs onto their web site can view your photo and profile. This means that even after you have served your sentence and fulfilled any other penalties, you will always be known as a convicted sex offender.

The Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense law firm of Altman & Altman represents clients in the Greater Boston area and in cities throughout Massachusetts who are under investigation or have been charged with committing a sex crime in Massachusetts. Our Boston, Massachusetts sex crime defense attorneys are aware of the seriousness of your case. We are available for consultation after hours and on weekends. We will handle your case with professionalism and sensitivity.

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Sexual Crimes in Massachusetts Include:

• Child Pornography
• Dissemination of Child Pornography
• Dissemination of Possession of Obscene Matter
• Enticing a Person for Prostitution or Sexual Intercourse
• Indecent Assault & Battery (Age 14 or under)
• Indecent Assault & Battery (Age 14 or over)
• Indecent Exposure>
• Inducing a Minor into Prostitution
• Internet Sex Crimes
• Knowing Purchase or Possession of Child Pornography
• Lewd Conduct
• Prostitution, Pimping and Soliciting
• Statutory Rape
• Violation of Sex Offender Registration Requirement Sex Offender Registry

Massachusetts prosecutors are zealous when it comes to pursuing anyone charged with a sex crime. Penalties for a sex crime conviction can vary. Depending on the seriousness of the sexual crime and whether or not the conviction is for a misdemeanor crime or a felony crime, penalties may include lengthy prison sentences, high fines, probation, community service, counseling and the loss of certain legal rights.

Depending on the nature of the offense, penalties for sex crimes involving a minor—even if the minor consented to the sexual act—could lead to life in prison. Unfortunately, many innocent people are falsely accused or wrongfully convicted of sex crimes.

Our Boston sex crime attorneys at Altman & Altman are here to protect your rights and provide you with a strategic and aggressive defense. We can determine whether entrapment was used to procure your arrest. We will file and argue the proper motions and investigate the charges against you. There may be evidence to prove that you were not the one who committed the sex crime.

Altman & Altman works with some of the nation's finest experts in criminal investigation. Where warranted, we may be able to get the charges against you reduced or dropped. Should your case go before a jury, our trial attorneys have successfully defended both adult and juvenile defendants charged with sex crimes at the state and federal court levels.

To schedule your free consultation with the Massachusetts criminal defense law firm of Altman & Altman LLP, contact us online or call us at 617.492.3000 or 800.481.6199 (toll free). We are located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Our Boston, Massachusetts sex crimes lawyers serve defendants throughout the Greater Boston area and in cities throughout Massachusetts.

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