Whether or not defendants get death penalty is based on LOOKS: study

Jurors take an oath to make rulings without bias or prejudice, but a new study suggests that promise is broken when the death penalty is on the table.

Researchers from Columbia University on Thursday revealed that the shape of defendants' facial features affects whether they are sentenced to death or given life in prison.

Hundreds of mugshots of inmates who were convicted of murder were shown to a mock jury in the experiment.

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