This media is a booking photo, more commonly known as a mug shot, normally produced in the regular operations of a law enforcement agency or correctional facility.
Some booking photos (such as those produced by the FBI) are in the public domain, while others may be copyrighted.
Laws concerning disclosure of information, data protection and privacy may be applicable, especially as part of a publicly or widely distributed document.
In particular, US courts have ruled that the public may not have the right to obtain a copy of a mugshot from the government, but that if obtained, may be published.
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This photograph is copyrighted and is NOT under a free license. However, it is believed that the use of this work:
to provide visual identification of one or more specific individual(s), or an identifiable gathering of them,
where the individual(s) concerned are deceased, or where access would for practical purposes be impossible,
and for whom there is no known representation under a 'free' license,
Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
This tag should only be used for biographical images, typically those used to identify the subject.
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{{Non-free use rationale | Description = Police mug shot of serial killer Pedro López. | Source = Presumably the National Police of Ecuador (Policía Nacional del Ecuador) | Article = Pedro López (serial killer) | Portion = Front view and side profile. | Low resolution = Yes. | Purpose = For visual identification of the subject of the article. | Replaceability = No. no free images of the subject are known to exist, and his whereabouts are un...