Charts are great for asking questions, lousy for answering them.
> That is the type of effects that has a Cohen’s d of around 2: Tautologies.
I thought the counterargument to this finding was that judges are reasonably good at predicting which cases are going to be slamdunks versus which are going to drag on. What I don't recall is if the judge is involved in sorting the cases for the day, or just in looking at the next case and saying, "You know what, this is probably going to drag on for two hours at the end of which I'm going to say "guilty" or "denied" so I should just call lunch now.
Which would make the case immediately before lunch a simple yes/no, and the one after a complex 'hell no' a statistically significant percent of the time. Tautology. Or maybe judges don't like giving bad news on an empty stomach.
You are entitled to due process even if no bookie would take odds on the outcome of that process. At the end you're going to jail unless your lawyer really surprises me, but you'll have had your day in court and hopefully that will help you appreciate just how badly you done fucked up. But you are not entitled to plead your case while I'm hungry and need to use the bathroom. Court adjourned until 1 pm.
This has largely been debunked. Trial sentencing times are not random. Judges set their schedule and have preferences for when to hear different cases.
