Psychological Science 2006

Looking Deathworthy

Jennifer L. Eberhardt¹; Paul G. Davies²; Valerie Purdie‐Vaughns³; Sheri L. Johnson⁴

¹ Stanford University · ² University of California, Los Angeles · ³ Yale University · ⁴ Cornell University

Abstract

Researchers previously have investigated the role of race in capital sentencing, and in particular, whether the race of the defendant or victim influences the likelihood of a death sentence. In the present study, we examined whether the likelihood of being sentenced to death is influenced by the degree to which a Black defendant is perceived to have a stereotypically Black appearance. Controlling for a wide array of factors, we found that in cases involving a White victim, the more stereotypically Black a defendant is perceived to be, the more likely that person is to be sentenced to death.

DOI

10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01716.x

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