• mph [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    Maybe just lore, but I’ve heard sometimes the picture-takers will try to induce people to smile to sour how they’re handled by others in the system, since the smiling supposedly indicates a lack of remorse or concern for the gravity of the charge. I read one thing that suggested prosecutors will show a grinning mugshot to anger the jury. I also heard never eat PopRocks then drink a Coke because your stomach will tear open.

    • Egon [they/them]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      The smiling mugshot was one of the things that tanked Pablo Escobars political career allegedly. Though that’s probably just a lib analysis ignoring material conditions and the like