The real surprise should be that female attractiveness doesn't have a significant impact.
There are a number of well-known paradoxes surrounding female beauty. One is that an attractive female defendant in a criminal trial is much more likely to be convicted than a plain Jane, all other factors the same.
From what I have read, attractiveness is highly advantageous for all defendants, except when the crime was attractiveness-related (such as swindle). In the latter case, attractive people instead get harsher sentences.
(See Harold Sigall and Nancy Ostrove, Beautiful but Dangerous: Effects of Offender Attractiveness and Nature of the Crime on Juridic Judgment)
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There are a number of well-known paradoxes surrounding female beauty. One is that an attractive female defendant in a criminal trial is much more likely to be convicted than a plain Jane, all other factors the same.
From what I have read, attractiveness is highly advantageous for all defendants, except when the crime was attractiveness-related (such as swindle). In the latter case, attractive people instead get harsher sentences.
(See Harold Sigall and Nancy Ostrove, Beautiful but Dangerous: Effects of Offender Attractiveness and Nature of the Crime on Juridic Judgment)