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Doesn't this strongly cut against the theory that the degree of hunger at the time of the hearing influences the decision?
No. The study was specifically on parole decisions, which often are made at the time of the hearing, although other judicial decisions generally aren't.
... is the exact response I wanted to make.
Most legal choices are either incredibly short term - like an objection that a judge must often respond to immediately - or medium to long term - like a motion that a judge will ask for parties to provide briefs (written legal arguments) on. Parole hearing like this are one a few legal decisions where there really is a quick decision made - another area would be bail hearings, but there the outcome isn't binary, it's a dollar amount. There isn't much money to be made in gaming either,.
The Israeli parole result was for a short single high-stakes decision; most hearings are not like that, I think.