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Study: Male Jurors More Likely To Find Overweight Women Guilty
CBS Local ^ | January 12, 2013

Posted on 01/15/2013 5:19:01 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia

Male members of a jury are more likely to find a defendant guilty if the accused person is an overweight female.

According to a recent study by Yale University psychologists, male – and not female – jurors are also more inclined to believe that a fat woman is a repeat offender who had malicious intent.

The researchers gathered a group of 471 pretend peers of varying body sizes and described to them a case of check fraud. They also presented them with one of four images—either a large man, a lean man, a large woman, or a lean woman—and identified the person in the photograph as the defendant.

Participants rated the pretend-defendant’s guilt on a five-point scale. No fat bias was present when the female pretend peers evaluated the fake female defendants or when either men or women assessed the guilt of the men.

But when the male pretend peers pronounced judgment on the fake female defendants – physical bias weighed in on their decision.

(Excerpt) Read more at connecticut.cbslocal.com ...


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KEYWORDS: jurors; overweight
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Guilty, guilty, guilty and free as a bird. Five men and seven women found her not guilty.

21 posted on 01/15/2013 5:52:42 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Please, don't tell Obama what comes after a trillion.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

22 posted on 01/15/2013 5:53:43 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Also in the study: transvestite wookies are guilty.


23 posted on 01/15/2013 5:59:33 AM PST by UnwashedPeasant
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
And women vote for men like Clinton and Obama because of perceived charm etc. Equally wrong and unjust.
24 posted on 01/15/2013 5:59:42 AM PST by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: dfwgator

Honestly - who wears elbow gloves to a trial? She’s guilty as h*ll.


25 posted on 01/15/2013 6:03:42 AM PST by mrs. a (It's a short life but a merry one...)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
The writers from Married....With Children are only wishing this study would have come out 20 years ago.


26 posted on 01/15/2013 6:10:12 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Not-so-scientific FR Poll:

1.

Guilty

Not Guilty

2.

3.

27 posted on 01/15/2013 6:11:36 AM PST by WVKayaker ("the sacrifice of One birthed opportunity for new life and real HOPE for all"-Sarah Palin 12/17/12)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Robert Bork, who served as a tank commander in Korea during the Korean War (and was grilled by certain Senate Democrats for taking a leave from law school to do so) said that if he were innocent he would prefer a court-martial, if he were guilty, he would prefer a civilian jury.

I believe that women jurors are far more prone to acquit, in general, than men.

And what about the Menendez brothers batting their eyelashs at female jurors?

Gimme a break!


28 posted on 01/15/2013 6:14:32 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Please, don't tell Obama what comes after a trillion.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

This is total crap. Of course, if I am shown pictures out side a court room, I might say that a fattie is guilty of the crime...However, in a courtroom as a juror, I would take the situation VERY seriously and help pass a truthful verdict that has only evidence as my guidance. This is the most crappy article and study on Earth.


29 posted on 01/15/2013 6:15:58 AM PST by napscoordinator (GOP Candidate 2020 - "Bloomberg 2020 - We vote for whatever crap the GOP puts in front of us.")
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Defense attorney- what is your name, Laz,NEXT!


30 posted on 01/15/2013 6:15:58 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

So ladies, if you plan on killing your husbands, make sure you go on a diet first.


31 posted on 01/15/2013 6:18:29 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: xsmommy

I did not!


32 posted on 01/15/2013 6:21:19 AM PST by baddog 219
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
When I read this article I thought of two things; Debra Lafave and the Menendez brothers. I well remember Rush saying that women should not be allowed on the juries where the defendants are good looking young men.

I still don't know how anyone could find Debra Lafave guilty(sarcasm alert)

33 posted on 01/15/2013 6:59:38 AM PST by BBell (And Now for Something Completely Different)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Male Jurors More Likely To Find Overweight Women Guilty

That is true of FReepers as well.

34 posted on 01/15/2013 7:02:26 AM PST by Hoodat ("As for God, His way is perfect" - Psalm 18:30)
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To: WVKayaker

#3 is so guilty that even OJ knows she’s guilty.


35 posted on 01/15/2013 7:04:12 AM PST by Hoodat ("As for God, His way is perfect" - Psalm 18:30)
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To: SampleMan
I call it the "reverse scientific method":

  1. Draw your conclusions.
  2. Find data which supports them.
  3. Discard any which does not.
  4. Present your findings to make it sound sophisticated and reality based.

Follow this formula carefully and in order and you, too, can be a published scholar. But only if your conclusions are supported by the know-it-all crowd in media and academia.
36 posted on 01/15/2013 7:07:41 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Hoodat

37 posted on 01/15/2013 7:12:45 AM PST by Baynative (Those that work for a living are now outnumbered by those that vote for a living.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
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38 posted on 01/15/2013 7:13:36 AM PST by BuddhistConservative
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Exactly like a lot of male FReepers. Since it’s not PC to make cracks about ethnicity, race, religion or hair color, weight is now the last area for nasty comments and off colored jokes. These so called men should take a look in the mirror.


39 posted on 01/15/2013 7:47:49 AM PST by bgill (We've passed the point of no return. Welcome to Al Amerika.)
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To: SIDENET

40 posted on 01/15/2013 8:11:28 AM PST by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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