de Castro Rodrigues, Andreia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0992-8572
Cunha, Olga S. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9747-2343
de Oliveira, Jorge Q. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5965-4517
Gonçalves, Rui A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5978-8141
Sacau-Fontenla, Ana http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8459-8104
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (SFRH/BPD/108602/2015)
ISPA – Instituto Universitário
Article History
Accepted: 17 April 2023
First Online: 27 April 2023
Declarations
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: This paper fulfills all the ethical concerns, regarding human participation and data use and preservation, as the funding from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology and the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education ensures.
: After the approval from the Superior Council of Magistrature, each judge signed an informed consent, agreeing to participate in the study, where all the relevant information about the study was available, namely the confidential and anonymous nature, and the conditions of data preservation.
: The research involved Human participation, but no harm or direct benefit should be expected, since we only analyzed their sentencing remarks.
: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.