It's good to be pretty

[George K]

Physical Attractiveness Bias in the Legal System:

Physical Attractiveness had a significant influence on judges sentencing. The more unattractive the criminal, the higher the sentence. Or conversely, the more attractive the criminal, the lower the sentence. The results of three studies show a minimum increase of 119.25% and a maximum increase of 304.88%.

Attractiveness had little to no effect on a judge’s verdict of guilt. Attractive and unattractive criminals were convicted equally.

Mock jurors generally sentenced unattractive criminals significantly higher than attractive criminals. However, as jurors do not determine sentencing in real court cases, these results are not directly applicable.

Attractiveness had minor effects on mock juror’s verdicts. Some studies reported minor effects and some studies reported no effects.

Generally, attractive people are perceived as more intelligent, more socially skilled, more appealing personalities, more moral, more altruistic, more likely to succeed, more hirable as managers, and more competent. Attractive people tend to have better physical health, better mental health, better dating experiences, earn more money, obtain higher career positions, chosen for jobs more often, promoted more often, receive better job evaluations, and chosen as business partners more often, than unattractive people.

I believe that the attractiveness bias is rarely conscious. I do not think people are consciously disfavouring unattractive people. I also do not place moral blame on the typical person for their unconscious bias.

[Mik]

All of which can be boiled down to 'Are we mammals?'. We will never take subjectivity out of it. Attractiveness and SES go hand in hand, as a rule, which is in this mix as well.

[taiwan_girl]

I agree. It is pretty obvious. That is why when you see people in court, they are always dressed up, hair cut, etc. There would definitely be a bias against some people if the judge/jury saw them as the normally look.

[Horace]

Or why the martyrs who successfully provoke police officers into shooting them are presented to the public as clean cut bespectacled family men who mostly wear sweaters.

[Larry]

If being pretty gets you a lower sentence my wife could kill half the state and be home by 5..

[Mik]

@Horace said in It's good to be pretty:

Or why the martyrs who successfully provoke police officers into shooting them are presented to the public as clean cut bespectacled family men who mostly wear sweaters.

Mr. Rogers with a drug habit.

[Jolly]

@Mik said in It's good to be pretty:

All of which can be boiled down to 'Are we mammals?'. We will never take subjectivity out of it. Attractiveness and SES go hand in hand, as a rule, which is in this mix as well.

Your new AI Judge agrees with you.

[Copper]

Yes, of course, attractive people win.

Could it work any other way?