Legal Commentary

This story from a few days ago reports the distinct sense of criminal defense attorneys that juries are less likely to convict defendants who wear glasses, with some support in a study finding that, especially for African Americans, glasses impart some sort of benign, non-threatening quality.  I can certainly understand the positive effect of dressing well on a jury, but the glasses "nerd defense" suggested by an unidentified prosecutor seems counter-intuitive.  Juries are said not to like beards, for example, because a beard covers up the face.  Glasses do something like that, too, no?

I wonder if juries feel the same way about monocles.