• mateomaui@reddthat.com
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      1 year ago

      I lived in another state for a while where you’re not allowed to smile for your driver’s license photo… the software did analysis of your face and wouldn’t allow a photo to be taken unless you had the most blank, criminal expression for it. Took forever to get a photo if you’re an innately happy person.

      So the fact that Jenna Ellis is smiling in her criminal mugshot just blows my mind. They need to get that DMV software.

    • GeorgeZBush [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      No no, it's because they're actually just like first century Christians being martyred in the coliseum

      • silent_water [she/her]
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        1 year ago

        apparently DAs use it as evidence against you in court (lack of remorse) -- but that might be apocryphal.

        • chemicalprophet@lemm.ee
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          1 year ago

          Isn't everyone innocent when they take those photos? Photos taken by impotent jackasses in costumes. I can't help but laugh at their dumbasses. 🏴🏴🏴🖕🏿🖕🏿🖕🏿

            • VILenin [he/him]
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              1 year ago

              The pigs don’t care if you did it or not, they want to put you away and pad their resume by doing so.

          • Sjy@lemm.ee
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            1 year ago

            Yes innocent until proven guilty, I think the context for this is once one is found guilty. Hypothetically, if someone is smiling in their mugshot after having just been arrested with a bloody knife in their hand, when sentencing comes they could push for a longer sentence due to a lack of remorse. But I’m not a lawyer, just speculating.