The death experiment recruited real judges to test worldview defense

Evidence

That’s when things started getting interesting. … Reviewing the prostitute’s case and setting her bail was all part of the day’s work for Judge Garner. He came into work in the morning and sat down in his chambers to look over the files recording the usual misbehavior committed during the previous night: drunk driving, shoplifting, disorderly conduct. — Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski, The Worm at the Core, 74