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Justice Not As Blind As Previously Thought
NotSoHeavyD3 writes "I doubt this is much of a surprise but apparently Cornell University did a study that seems to show you're more likely to get convicted if you're ugly. From the article: 'According to a Cornell University study, unattractive defendants are 22 percent more likely to be convicted than good-looking ones. And the unattractive also get slapped with harsher sentences — an average of 22 months longer in prison.'"
Maybe they should have thought about that BEFORE being ugly...
who are in jail and are wondering why their prison term was longer than the average.
Did anyone consider that the ugly may commit more crimes?
No, because typically politicians are not ugly.
:-|
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
Any movie or TeeVee show has shown this for years... there is a caveat, however...They can be good-looking and convicted if theyhave menacing music to accompany them...
http://www.beanleafpress.com
Ugly people don't get raped as much in prison. So really, those 22 extra months are just to balance things out.
Yeah because theres no possibility someone caused it without any involvement from him.
Besides, how do you think some businessman with nice tan would compare to some overweight person who person who sits on computer all day long? Not looking good for us slashdotters.
Lots and lots of little boys?
OK, but how do we know that your brain exploding isn't causing these posts to be moderated highly?
-Dave
Committing a crime MAKES you ugly.
Anyone who has ever played Fable knows this is true.
Because black people are convicted at a higher rate and Michael Jackson was white.
Have gnu, will travel.
Lampshades?
But since correlation isn't causation you'd have no idea as to whether or not the commenter is a "fucking moron."
Will that be a causation, or merely a correlation?
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
As an underweight person who sits on the computer all day I see this as all good news. My glass is all full.
That's because you never eat or drink you silly skinny person! Now, start drinking from that glass and eating from your plate before you wither away!! Here at /. we have ways to deal with such "full glasses". Now, DRINK!
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