Mugshots are taken however the person is not convicted. Given the number of unarmed people across the US that were shot this year, do you truly believe releasing mugshots of people prior to a hearing where they are connected is a good idea.

Personally, it makes me cringe when KTVZ starts off their nightly newscast with some stringy, greasy-haired creep's picture on my TV screen for being arrested. It's a complete turnoff! I usually fast-forward over everything else to the weather when they start with that. It is gross.

They bias public opinion about the guilt of the arrested. Many times people are arrested & released or the charges are dropped but that mug shot makes us all think they "must have done something". Plus they are just used to shame people as another deterrent to crime. But do they really affect rates?