• DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01716.x
• Corpus ID: 15737940

Looking Deathworthy

@article{Eberhardt2006LookingD,
  title={Looking Deathworthy},
  author={Jennifer L. Eberhardt and Paul G. Davies and Valerie Purdie-Vaughns and Sheri L. Johnson},
  journal={Psychological Science},
  year={2006},
  volume={17},
  pages={383 - 386}
}

• J. Eberhardt, Paul G. Davies, +1 author Sheri L. Johnson
• Published 1 May 2006
• Law, Psychology
• Psychological Science

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.