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Is Phil Spector's Mug Shot The Weirdest Ever?

On Monday, Phil Spector was found guilty of the 2003 murder of actress Lana Clarkson. He was subsequently detained and booked by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. And his mug shot has got to be the most absurd and embarrassing since Nick Nolte's.

Phil Spector Mug Shot

It must be noted at this point that unlike most of the celebrity mugs that the Internet so enjoys mocking, this was a serious act of violence. Unlike the DUI/ drug charges leveled against Lindsay Lohan, Kid Rock's Waffle House dust-up, or the trouble Andy Dick got into at Buffalo Wild Wings, someone actually died here.

Phil Spector's crime was violent and heinous. His expression in this photo is one of surprise and -- for better or worse -- that makes it somewhat hilarious. It doesn't change what happened that night in 2003 and it won't bring Lana Clarkson back, but it does provide a moment of levity in an otherwise tragic story.

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