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Justice Not As Blind As Previously Thought

Posted by samzenpus on from the too-pretty-for-jail dept.

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.'"

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  1. yeah, well by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe they should have thought about that BEFORE being ugly...

  2. Good hint for slashdot users by notommy · · Score: 5, Funny

    who are in jail and are wondering why their prison term was longer than the average.

  3. Well Duh! by happy_place · · Score: 5, Funny

    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...

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  4. Re:But wait... by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Lots and lots of little boys?

  5. Re:Correlation is not causation by bigdavex · · Score: 5, Funny

    if i see another +5 insightful "correlation != causation" my brain is going to fucking explode.

    OK, but how do we know that your brain exploding isn't causing these posts to be moderated highly?

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