Mug shot

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Mugshot of notorious outlaw Butch Cassidy. This was taken when he was put in jail in 1894.

A mug shot, or booking photograph, is a photographic portrait taken after someone is arrested.[1] The mug shot is taken to allow law enforcement to have a photographic record of the arrested person to allow for identification by victims and investigators. Most mug shots are two-part, with one side-view photo, and one front-view.

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  1. ↑ Michael H. Graham (2003). Handbook of Illinois Evidence. Aspen Publishers. pp. 147. ISBN 978-0735544994. 


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