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Also in India, there's likely a small religious in-group judicial bias during Ramadan (http://paulnovosad.com/pdf/india-judicial-bias.pdf)

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Interesting post. There's also empirical evidence that fasting affects judicial decisions (increases acquittal rates https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343770129_Ramadan_Spirit_and_Criminal_Acquittals_Causal_Evidence_from_Pakistan)

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