Dailey Bailey: Want to Get Away With a Crime? Gain Some Weight

I’d never encourage you to commit a crime . . . but I would encourage you to get as chubby as possible, because chubbiness is next to godliness. And if a side effect of that chubbiness is becoming a master criminal, so be it.

A new study found people are the least likely to suspect that a chubby person committed a crime . . . so I guess if you want to get away with stuff, gain some weight.

For the study, researchers showed people videos of robberies with the robber’s face and body blurred out. Then they showed the people some potential suspects and asked them who they thought committed the crimes.

51% believed a muscular suspect did it . . . 37% believed it was one of the suspects who were average weight . . . and only 10% thought that an overweight person committed the crimes.

The researchers say, quote, “Stereotypes about body type may be getting in the way of justice. Our findings suggest that if you are an innocent suspect of a crime but happen to be muscular, you may be at a significant disadvantage.”