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27 St. Mary's L.J. 193 (1995-1996)
Beauty and the Beast: Physical Appearance Discrimination in American Criminal Trials

handle is hein.journals/stmlj27 and id is 203 raw text is: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: PHYSICAL APPEARANCE DISCRIMINATION IN AMERICAN CRIMINAL TRIALS DAVID L. WILEY I. Introduction ................................................. 194 II. General Background of Physical Appearance D iscrim ination ............................................... 201 A. The Psychological Process of Corporeal Attribution ..... 201 B. The Traditional Dichotomy of Image and Substance ..... 204 C. The Rise of Corporeal Attribution in Modem American C ulture .................................................. 205 1. The Effects of Modem Technology ................... 205 2. The Effects of Modem Commercialism ............... 206 D. Some Manifestations of Corporeal Attribution in Modem Am erican Culture ....................................... 207 III. Physical Appearance Discrimination in the American Judicial System ....................................................... 211 A. The Effects of Physical Appearance Discrimination on Defendants in American Criminal Trials ................. 211 B. The Parallel Relationship Between Racial Discrimination and Physical Appearance Discrimination in American Crim inal Trials ........................................... 214 C. The Parallel Relationship Between Sex Discrimination and Physical Appearance Discrimination in American Crim inal Trials ........................................... 216 IV. A Constitutional Analysis of Physical Appearance Discrimination in American Criminal Trials .................. 219 A. A Due Process Analysis ................................. 219 B. An Eighth Amendment Analysis ........................ 220 C. An Equal Protection Analysis ........................... 223 D. A Sixth Amendment Analysis ........................... 228 V. Remedial Suggestions ........................................ 232 V I. Conclusion .................................................. 234

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