[tacticalogic]

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.

[bkepley]

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.