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Ugly defendants 'more likely to be found guilty than attractive ones'
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| 21.03.07
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Posted on 03/22/2007 9:04:23 AM PDT by null and void
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To: null and void
I'll bet a whole lot of money helps just as much as being pretty. And if you've got both...
To: null and void
I think its crap. I've been on juries before and I've never heard any jurors arguing anything except the facts in the case.
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posted on
03/22/2007 9:23:49 AM PDT
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bkepley
To: bkepley
I think its crap. I've been on juries before and I've never heard any jurors arguing anything except the facts in the case.I've been on juries before too and I know for a fact that people oftentimes don't have a clue about how or why they come to decisions. They often call it "gut" feelings and an ugly person can really twist one's gut. :-)
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posted on
03/22/2007 9:25:51 AM PDT
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rhombus
To: Arrowhead1952
Just the sight of Debra Lafave is so intimidating.
To: null and void
Well I guess I'm screwed!
Of course, I have a GREAT personality! :-)
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posted on
03/22/2007 9:26:51 AM PDT
by
sneakers
To: bicyclerepair
"Bath Spa University" who the h3ll goes to a school named that? Kids who want to party hardy.
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posted on
03/22/2007 9:27:24 AM PDT
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Erasmus
(This tagline on sabbatical.)
To: null and void
There's also studies that show that jurors tend to believe attractive witnesses more than ugly ones, thin ones more than fat ones, and tall ones more than short ones.
To: bicyclerepair
"Bath Spa University" who the h3ll goes to a school named that? It's in the city of Bath, England, which has mineral baths and spas. It has been a resort since Roman times. A very cool, er warm, place to visit.
To: null and void
Well, of course! The fact is, ugly people are more likely to be guilty! Duh!
To: null and void
Isn't Valerie Plame beautiful...she must be innocent. ;-)
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posted on
03/22/2007 9:38:02 AM PDT
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rhombus
To: rhombus
I've been on juries before too and I know for a fact that people oftentimes don't have a clue about how or why they come to decisions. Fine..show me someone convicted for being ugly. People do have gut feelings about testimony but that doesn't mean beauty has anything to do with it. Actually I think it's more probable that attractive people are more likely to be able to afford a good lawyer and that's the main thing.
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posted on
03/22/2007 9:38:17 AM PDT
by
bkepley
To: bicyclerepair
I took my Masters there, after graduating from Slippery Rock.
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posted on
03/22/2007 9:39:18 AM PDT
by
Kenny Bunk
(Hillary: A sociopath's enabler in the White House?)
To: bkepley
It's not so much a matter of what they say, or even think, it's what they do.
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posted on
03/22/2007 9:40:23 AM PDT
by
null and void
(To Marines, male bonding happens in Boot Camp, to Democrats, it happens at a Gay Pride parade...)
To: null and void
If this is true, then how does one explain Michael Jackson?
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posted on
03/22/2007 9:41:40 AM PDT
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LIConFem
(Fred Thompson 2008. Lifetime ACU Rating: 86)
To: LIConFem
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posted on
03/22/2007 9:42:22 AM PDT
by
null and void
(To Marines, male bonding happens in Boot Camp, to Democrats, it happens at a Gay Pride parade...)
To: bkepley
Fine..show me someone convicted for being ugly. People do have gut feelings about testimony but that doesn't mean beauty has anything to do with it. Actually I think it's more probable that attractive people are more likely to be able to afford a good lawyer and that's the main thing. Nobody gets convicted for being ugly... they get convicted because juries don't believe them and that they "didn't show remorse" the way a beautiful people shows remorse (whatever that really means). And who is believed less but someone who is ugly? When was the last time you believed Helen Thomas for instance? As for the beautiful person discount for better lawyers, sadly I never received that discount so I must be guilty. :-)
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posted on
03/22/2007 9:42:43 AM PDT
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rhombus
To: rhombus
As for the beautiful person discount for better lawyers, sadly I never received that discount so I must be guilty You misread. I didn't say anything about a discount.
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posted on
03/22/2007 9:44:17 AM PDT
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bkepley
To: mewzilla
Just watched that with my kids. They liked the Black Knight.
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posted on
03/22/2007 9:44:27 AM PDT
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JZelle
To: bkepley
think its crap. I've been on juries before and I've never heard any jurors arguing anything except the facts in the case.I think it considerably more subtle than that, but still valid. People tend to sympathize with those they can identify with, and they all like to think they're attractive.
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posted on
03/22/2007 9:45:22 AM PDT
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tacticalogic
("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: tacticalogic
I think it considerably more subtle than that, but still valid. People tend to sympathize with those they can identify with, and they all like to think they're attractive. If there is such a bias I suspect it is more along the lines of whether a person looks respectable or not rather than beautiful or not.
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posted on
03/22/2007 9:47:06 AM PDT
by
bkepley
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