It's not so much the assumption of guilt as a kind of 'bias'. 'It doesn't make you good look good', or it 'kind of makes you look guilty'. I think most people

It's not so much the assumption of guilt as a kind of 'bias'. 'It doesn't make you good look good', or it 'kind of makes you look guilty'. I think most people recognize that it doesn't imply guilt, but it's a strong signal in that direction. A person who gets a mugshot, and is subsequently let off the hook ... doesn't really recover from the stain of bad PR. A mugshot could ruin a CEO's career for example, in law there is exoneration, but in populism there often isn't. Or not like that. They'd have to hire a PR firm to do a public reparation of their image. For those who are actually guilty of course it's less relevant.