mug shots

A shirt displaying a fake mug shot of the former president and 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump is seen during a campaign rally in Pickens, S.C., in July.

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Trump is likely to finally get a real mug shot. Does it matter?

12:28pm August 24, 2023

by Laurel Wamsley

The Fulton County sheriff says he'll treat the former president according to the jail's normal practices. That includes taking a booking photo, which could become a famous — or infamous — image.

Former president Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower in New York on Monday, a day before his arraignment.

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Politics & Government

Even if Trump gets a mug shot, we may not see it. Here's why

10:16am April 04, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

It's not clear whether the former president will have a mug shot taken when he appears in a Manhattan court on Tuesday. And even if he does, a state mug shot law may prevent the public from seeing it.

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Arts

Meet Alphonse Bertillon, The Man Behind The Modern Mug Shot

7:18pm March 08, 2016

by Hansi Lo Wang

French criminologist Alphonse Bertillon wasn't the first to introduce mug shots to police, but he standardized how they were taken and added the profile shot to zero in on a suspect's unique features.

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