“There’s an old saying that justice is what the judge ate for breakfast,” writes Ed Yong on Discover magazine’s blog Not Exactly Rocket Science, meaning that “the law, being a human Invention is subject to the same weaknesses, prejudices and imperfections that influence everything we humans do,” prejudices like a bad mood or even breakfast.
Or preparing lunch, writes Yong, reporting on a new study that conducted by Shai Danziger, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Administration at Ben Gurion University of the Negev Danziger followed the rulings of eight Israeli judges in 1,112 parole board hearings over 10 months and found that a prisoner’s chances on probation dependent on judge’s time of day case heard
options for early release
(tix ag_7) As reiterated In each of our lessons, our team of prison professors encourage people to focus on getting the best possible outcome. Individuals will define the best possible outcome differently depending on the values and goals that drive them. However, every prisoner strives to return to society as soon as possible.
Although an individual’s attorney would be best placed to advise on the prospects of release through court proceedings, such as B. an appeal or a request for legal protection after the conviction. This lesson focuses on mechanisms for early release by the government executive rather than the judicial system. These mechanisms include:
What is going on here?
Turns out your willpower is like a muscle. And just like the muscles in your body, willpower can tire if you use it over and over again.
Every time you make a decision, it’s like doing another rep at the gym. And much like your muscles tire at the end of a workout, your willpower wanes as you make more decisions.
Researchers often refer to this phenomenon as decision fatigue. When a parole board judge feels decision fatigue, he will deny further parole applications. 1
The Study
More than 1,000 sentences were studied for this social experiment. The authors found that judges granted parole to the first offender 65% of the time. After that, the probability decreased. After lunch, the odds rose again to 65% and then fell throughout the day.
Jonathan Levav, co-author of the article, said: “You are two to six times more likely to be released if you are one of the first three prisoners considered compared to the last three prisoners considered. “