Hi everyone! I’m European. And lately, I have been wondering about “mugshots”. If I have understood correctly (but correct me if I’m wrong, that is why I am posting here: to learn!), whenever someone is arrested under the suspicion of some crime, mugshots are taken, and made publically available.
Is this true, or is this just an impression of mine? Can anyone just view the pics of people who have been arrested without being proven guilty?
Thanks in advance to anyone who cares to shed some light on this topic!
Much love to you all from Europe!
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Yes a mugshot just means that you’ve been arrested but you may not be found guilty in court yet.
But the counter is that if arrests aren’t made public in some way then the police have a way to pick you up off the street and keep you in jail with no one outside able to tell what happened to you.
So the records like mugshots and fingerprints are there for public consumption to help keep police and the judicial system open and honest.
A mugshot can definitely be embarrassing but a lesser evil than being disappeared off the street.
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