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Hungry judges dispense rough justice

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When they need a break, decision-makers gravitate towards the easy option.

A prisoner's chance of parole depends on when the judge hearing the case last took a break, say researchers who have studied decisions in Israeli courts. As judges tire and get hungry, they slip towards the easy option of denying parole, say the researchers.

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  1. Danziger, S., Levav, J. & Avnaim-Pesso, L. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA advance online publication doi:10.1073/pnas.1018033108 (2011).

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Corbyn, Z. Hungry judges dispense rough justice. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.227

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