Opinion: Supreme Court paused one execution. Now U.S. should abolish the death penalty.
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-60% Very Liberal
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-84% Extremely Liberal
- Politician Portrayal
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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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"Regarding Texas man gets execution delay over pastor's touch request, (Sept. 7): Those of us who work against the death penalty in Texas are happy that the execution of John Ramirez was stayed by the U.S. Supreme Court." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
"Who does and does not get the death penalty depends not only on the crime, but also the economic status and race of the defendant and where the crime was committed." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
"There is a worldwide trend among nations to abolish the death penalty." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
"Texas leads the nation with 572 executions since 1977, the current era of the death penalty." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
"In 1972 the U.S. Supreme Court abolished the death penalty in the United States when it declared it was being applied in an arbitrary and capricious maer." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
"Forty-five years later, in 2021, evidence strongly suggests that the death penalty is still being applied in an arbitrary and capricious maer." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
"Twenty-two states -- plus Washington D.C. -- have already abolished the death penalty and another three states have declared a moratorium on its use." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
"Of course, the writer learned well from Biden's example; she knows how to pass the buck." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
"The writer fails to accept the fact that the buck stops with the man in charge, which is President Joe Biden." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
"The results of Biden's failures and arrogance are catastrophic and are destroying the fabric of the country." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
"Regarding Opinion: Cut Biden some slack, today's issues aren't all his fault, (Sept. 11): Can't do that." | Negative | -38% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
45% : Regarding "Texas man gets execution delay over pastor's touch request," (Sept. 7): Those of us who work against the death penalty in Texas are happy that the execution of John Ramirez was stayed by the U.S. Supreme Court.45% : Who does and does not get the death penalty depends not only on the crime, but also the economic status and race of the defendant and where the crime was committed.
44% : There is a worldwide trend among nations to abolish the death penalty.
42% : Texas leads the nation with 572 executions since 1977, the "current era" of the death penalty.
41% : In 1972 the U.S. Supreme Court abolished the death penalty in the United States when it declared it was being applied in an arbitrary and capricious manner.
37% : Forty-five years later, in 2021, evidence strongly suggests that the death penalty is still being applied in an arbitrary and capricious manner.
37% : Twenty-two states -- plus Washington D.C. -- have already abolished the death penalty and another three states have declared a moratorium on its use.
*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.