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The more “stereotypically Black” a black murderer looks, the more experimental participants were willing to punish the offender, but only when the victim was white.

Looking Deathworthy: Perceived Stereotypicality of Black Defendants Predicts Capital-Sentencing Outcomes

Psychological Science

Eberhardt, Jennifer L. / Davies, Paul G. / Purdie, Valerie J. / Johnson, Sheri Lynn

Vol. 17 Issue 5, pp. 383–386, 2006

10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01716.x

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