In court, gruesome details equal harsher punishment

Thursday, March 13, 2014 - 07:30 in Mathematics & Economics

(Phys.org) —In court arguments, the less gruesome the description of a crime, the less likely the punishment will match U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines, according to researchers at Duke University.

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