Brain Evidence Sways Sentencing in Study of Judges

Friday, August 17, 2012 - 21:20 in Psychology & Sociology

Judges who were told that a defendant in a hypothetical case was genetically predisposed to violence imposed lighter sentences than they otherwise would have, researchers reported.

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