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Letter: Taste of justice

Published 22 February 2012

From David Yelland

I was intrigued by the findings of Jonathan Levav and colleagues, which showed judicial decisions becoming more favourable for those in the dock after the judge had had lunch (28 January, p 30).

I will be making a study of fellow inmates’ results in court over the following month.

Her Majesty's Prison Hull, UK

Issue no. 2853 published 25 February 2012

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