Celebrity Adjudication: Comparative Analyses of United States Verdict Rates for Celebrity Defendants

Celebrity Adjudication: Comparative Analyses of United States Verdict Rates for Celebrity Defendants

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The effect of outside influences on judicial decision-making has a long and storied history.However, the impact of celebrity status Table Top Accessories as an outside influence on judicial decision-making has received very little attention in the literature.I examine 303 celebrity verdicts from 1998 to 2010 to shed light on whether celebrities are adjudicated in the same or a similar manner as non-celebrities.

My findings suggest that celebrities do not receive any special treatment at trial, but in Whiskey Glass fact are convicted at a 12.1% higher rate than non-celebrity defendants.