NYC bike path killer Sayfullo Saipov avoids death penalty

  • Bias Rating

    -42% Medium Liberal

  • Reliability

    35% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -58% Very Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    24% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

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"Had a jury approved the death penalty, he would have become the first person executed in New York since 1963."
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-4% Liberal
"Capital punishment is still legal on the federal level, but a jury must approve of it by unanimous decision."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"New York State abolished the death penalty in 1984, but Saipov was indicted by a federal grand jury."
Negative
-12% Liberal
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Had a jury approved the death penalty, he would have become the first person executed in New York since 1963.
47% : Capital punishment is still legal on the federal level, but a jury must approve of it by unanimous decision.
44% : New York State abolished the death penalty in 1984, but Saipov was indicted by a federal grand jury.
39% : The man convicted of killing eight people on a New York City bike path avoided the death penalty on Monday after a jury announced they could not come to a unanimous decision.
39% : Prosecutors pleaded with jurors to reconsider the death penalty for the convicted terrorist, arguing that he was 'unremorseful' for the eight deaths in 2017.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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