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How does physical attractiveness and other demographic characteristics impact jury decision making?

Jurors are more likely to find someone not guilty if they are attractive, wealthy, white, and female.  Attractive defendants have a major advantage with respect to being acquitted, receiving a light sentence, and gaining the sympathy of the jurors. Female defendants are typically treated more leniently than male defendants. Although if a female commits assault they may be found guilty more frequently than males because she is acting outside of the normative or stereotypical gender expectation.
In addition, female jurors are more likely to find a person guilty for rape and child abuse.  Females are also less likely to view sexual interaction in a sexual assault as consensual.

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