I think it is the same person. As for the first mug shot it was probably taken by the arresting Deputy at the local Sheriff's Office or substation. Like the Police department I work for I bet the camera is a piece of crap. When I take a mug shot of someone it is a very quick process for our records. The results usually come out mediocre at best, but good enough. I know that once the defendant is taken to the county jail a better, clearer, more professional mug shot will be taken. This is the one that usually is released to the public. However due to the seriousness of the incident the media wanted a photo of the defendant ASAP so they opted for the mediocre one. This is my theory of course.

As for the "joker" smile in the first photo I think it is Loughner thinking to himself "oh shiz, what the freak did I just do." It is likely the original photo was taken only hours after he just committed a mass murder. Of course his facial expressions are going to appear different then the second photo.

On to photo two. I am pretty sure this is the mugshot taken by the US Marshall's. This was probably taken a couple days after the first one. Perhaps the camera and lighting was better where the second photo was taken. I am almost 100% sure the two photos were not taken in the same building. Since the photo was taken sometime after the first photo I would assume it gave the defendant sometime to calm down. If you can calm down after committing a mass murder. Perhaps that is why the second photo does not appear to be as "menacing" as the first.

I highly doubt there is any conspiracy here. Of course this is my opinion and I could be wrong.

PS. We do make people take off their glasses when taking a mugshot.

Originally posted by filosophia

Originally posted by aching_knuckles

Originally posted by filosophia

Also, the Recent Photo shows darker hair, meaning the scar would have healed, not made worse. Government agents have just been debunked. (Victory Dance)

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Whatever man, go live in fantasy land. you will be like the people telling us missiles hit the pentagon and not planes, and making actual 9/11 truthers look moronic by association.

Ah, ad hominem attacks rather than an analysis of the information, thank you for conceding.

Edit: and a topic derailment by bringing in 9/11.

edit on 23-2-2011 by filosophia because: (no reason given)

ad hominem attack....you mean like calling someone a "government agent"? would you like to prove that statement??

Ive provided more proof than you in this thread...ive overlayed the photos, and its pretty obvious they match up. all you do is say "Nuh uh, because I i said so!"

you are the worst kind of "truther", you ignore evidence that does not support your conclusion.

Originally posted by Varemia

This photo was faked, you changed the blue eyes from the recent photo to brown.

Zoom in and you can see the difference.



You also placed your "Light directly on hair makes it lighter" phrase exactly on his more pronounced scar. This seems like slanted all the way, I don't trust it.