There is no such thing as blind justice, and in fact, jurors are more likely to convict defendants who are astheticly challenged, says a new study out of the United Kingdom.
Psychologists from Bath Spa University in England gave 96 student volunteers a fictitious account of an elderly woman being mugged and robbed, reported The Daily Telegraph, based in the United Kingdom.
Each volunteer was given a picture of one of four “defendants.” Two were rated as very attractive by a separate group of students and two were considered ugly - or “homely,” in the words of the researchers.
The conclusion of the study was that those considered homely were almost 50 percent more likely to be considered guilty. The findings of the research were announced at the British Psychological Society conference in York earlier this week.
When asked about the extent of their guilt, the average rating for the attractive defendants was 2.3 on a scale of zero to five, compared with 4.4 for the ugly ones, reported The Telegraph.
When participants were asked to sentence the guilty up to a maximum of 10 months in prison, the eye-catching muggers were given an average of four months, while the ugly ones got seven.
Dr. Sandie Taylor, who presented the results, said: “Our findings confirm previous research, so perhaps justice isn’t blind after all.”
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