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Photo of John Martin Scripps, who was hanged by Singapore for murder in 1996.

Source: Offline report (accessed through Factiva search): "SCRIPPS ACCUSED OF MURDER OF TOURIST.", Reuters Pictures, 17 September 1995. , source is given as "Singapore police".

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This image 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. It is believed that the use of this photograph to illustrate the booking consistent with non-free content criteria, where no free alternative exists or could be created, on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Other use of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content. To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as described on Wikipedia:Image description page, as well as the source of the work.

[edit] Fair use in John Martin Scripps

This image is believed to be useable in John Martin Scripps article under Fair use, because

1. It is low-resolution, thus it does not affect the rights of the copyright holder.
2. It is a photo distributed by police, and qualifies as fair use as a police mugshot of criminal.
3. It is not possible to replace this image with a free-licensed version as the subject died in 1996.

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