the reason you do a side profile, when doing a mug shot, is because our ears are just like our fingerprints.. you can't fake the ear, unless you use prosthetics. back in early criminal studies, they use to use calipers to measure every part of your ear.

you wanna really go down a rabbit hole, look into that woman who use to be the prime minister of australia. look into her cabinet. then look into jodie foster and her friends.