Mortality reminders bias judicial decisions regardless of the evidence.

Evidence

Intimations of mortality, often prevalent in legal proceedings, decisively influence judicial outcomes independent of actual evidence, and this is especially true for capital punishment cases. — Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski, The Worm at the Core, 765

Categorization

  • XREF: Connects to the capital punishment case history and terror management findings from earlier chapters.