The Hill Article RatingPittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue shooter guilty of hate crimes, could receive death penalty
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96% Extremely Conservative
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-96% Extremely Liberal
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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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| "A jury will now decide if Robert Bowers will receive the death penalty for committing the most deadly antisemitic attack in U.S. history." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "His attorneys argue that he should not be given the death penalty because his motive was not to prevent worship, a key factor for the hate crime charges." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "His crimes deserve the death penalty." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "The white supremacist who killed nine at a church in Charleston, S.C. was given the death penalty." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "The Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, who died in prison Saturday, and Arizona shooter Jared Lee Loughner successfully avoided the death penalty." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "The rabbi of New Light and members of the Dor Hadash congregations penned letters to the Justice Department urging prosecutors to avoid the death penalty." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Bowers was charged with 63 felonies, 22 of which may carry the death penalty, most being federal hate crime charges." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "In responding to Clarke's attempts to avoid execution, prosecutors have said that the death penalty is specifically warranted here, due to Bowers's antisemitism and choice to commit the attack during a service." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
40% : A jury will now decide if Robert Bowers will receive the death penalty for committing the most deadly antisemitic attack in U.S. history.40% : His attorneys argue that he should not be given the death penalty because his motive was not to prevent worship, a key factor for the hate crime charges.
40% : "His crimes deserve the death penalty."
40% : The white supremacist who killed nine at a church in Charleston, S.C. was given the death penalty.
39% : The Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, who died in prison Saturday, and Arizona shooter Jared Lee Loughner successfully avoided the death penalty.
39% : The rabbi of New Light and members of the Dor Hadash congregations penned letters to the Justice Department urging prosecutors to avoid the death penalty.
37% : Bowers was charged with 63 felonies, 22 of which may carry the death penalty, most being federal hate crime charges.
32% : In responding to Clarke's attempts to avoid execution, prosecutors have said that the death penalty is "specifically warranted here," due to Bowers's antisemitism and choice to commit the attack during a service.
*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.