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. 2012 May 23;7(5):e36680. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036680

Figure 2. Mediational Analysis.

Figure 2

Perceptions of the distinction between juveniles’ and adults’ relative culpability mediates the relationship between the race prime and support for juvenile life without parole sentences (in non-homicide cases). Participants in the Black (vs. White) prime condition exhibited greater (vs. lesser) support for life without parole sentences because they saw less (vs. more) of a distinction between juveniles’ and adults’ culpability.