Lots were taken and released yesterday, 8/23/23 (click here for them).
Why are they taken? Why are they published? Is it fair to do so? An arrest is not the same as a conviction. Do they punish the - still presumed to be - innocent?
- From Wikipedia:
A mu- g shot or mugshot (an informal term for police photograph or booking photograph) is a photographic portrait of a person from the shoulders up, typically taken after a person is arrested. The original purpose of the mug shot was to allow law enforcement to have a photographic record of an arrested individual to allow for identification by victims, the public and investigators. However, in the United States, entrepreneurs have recently begun to monetize these public records via the mug shot publishing industry.
Photographing of criminals began in the 1840s only a few years after the invention of photography, but it was not until 1888 that French police officer Alphonse Bertillon standardized the process.
- Why Do We Use the Word Mug as a Synonym for Face?
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- The Mugshot Industry: Freedom of Speech, Rights of Publicity, and the Controversy Sparked by an Unusual New Type Business.
