New York Jury Spares ISIS Terrorist of Death Penalty for Truck Attack

  • Bias Rating

    -10% Center

  • Reliability

    85% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    -10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    30% 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.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

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"Today a jury has declined to authorize the death penalty for Saipov, and accordingly the defendant will be subject to a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Although a jury convicted him of all 28 counts in the indictment, they had to reach a separate unanimous verdict for federal authorities to impose the death penalty."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Still, Saipov will spend the rest of his life behind bars without the possibility of release in lieu of the death penalty."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"However, New York has not carried out the death penalty for a federal case since 1953, when convicted spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"United States Attorney Damian Williams issued the following statement after the jury declined to impose the death penalty:On October 31, 2017, Sayfullo Saipov stole eight iocent lives - and devastated the lives of many more - in a horrendous terrorist attack."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Convicted New York City truck attack terrorist Sayfullo Saipov will not face the death penalty after a New York federal jury on Monday failed to reach a unanimous verdict on the death sentence."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"During last week's closing arguments, Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Houle told the jury Saipov deserved the death penalty for his unremorseful slaughter of iocent civilians, ABC News reported."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"Although New York outlawed capital punishment in 2004, the death penalty remains available in federal courts."
Negative
-38% Liberal
"However, Saipov's defense attorney David Patton claimed the jurors had an awesome responsibility and power in determining the fate of Saipov's life and argued it was not necessary for him to die."
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0% Conservative
"Patton also urged the jury to let Saipov die in obscurity, not as a hero, not as a martyr.It is not necessary to kill Sayfullo Saipov, not for our safety or anyone else's and not to do justice, Patton said."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"Patton also urged the jury to let Saipov die in obscurity, not as a hero, not as a martyr.It is not necessary to kill Sayfullo Saipov, not for our safety or anyone else's and not to do justice, Patton said."
Negative
-30% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : Today a jury has declined to authorize the death penalty for Saipov, and accordingly the defendant will be subject to a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
41% : Although a jury convicted him of all 28 counts in the indictment, they had to reach a separate unanimous verdict for federal authorities to impose the death penalty.
41% : Still, Saipov will spend the rest of his life behind bars without the possibility of release in lieu of the death penalty.
40% : However, New York has not carried out the death penalty for a federal case since 1953, when convicted spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed.
39% : United States Attorney Damian Williams issued the following statement after the jury declined to impose the death penalty:On October 31, 2017, Sayfullo Saipov stole eight innocent lives - and devastated the lives of many more - in a horrendous terrorist attack.
38% : Convicted New York City truck attack terrorist Sayfullo Saipov will not face the death penalty after a New York federal jury on Monday failed to reach a unanimous verdict on the death sentence.
38% : During last week's closing arguments, Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Houle told the jury Saipov deserved the death penalty for his "unremorseful slaughter of innocent civilians," ABC News reported.
31% : Although New York outlawed capital punishment in 2004, the death penalty remains available in federal courts.

*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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