Texas executes inmate who fought prayer, touch rules | Times Leader

Oct 06, 2022 View Original Article
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    -6% Center

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  • Policy Leaning

    -62% Very Liberal

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Bias Score Analysis

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"Ramirez's attorney, Seth Kretzer, said while he feels empathy for Castro's family, his client's challenge was about protecting religious freedoms for all."
Positive
10% Conservative
"Gonzalez said he would not seek the death penalty while he remains in office."
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-6% Liberal
"During a nearly 20-minute Facebook live video, Gonzalez said he believes the death penalty is one of the many things wrong with our justice system."
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-22% Liberal
"Gonzalez said he considers the death penalty unethical."
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-24% Liberal
"Ramirez challenged state prison rules that prevented his pastor from touching him and praying aloud during his execution, saying his religious freedom was being violated."
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-30% Liberal
"Walker's Democratic rival, Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia, has trounced the Republican in campaign fundraising."
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8% Conservative
"In the last fundraising quarter, Warnock's campaign took in an average of almost $292,000 per day, NBC reported."
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6% Conservative
"Walker's Democratic rival, incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia, has trounced the Republican in campaign fundraising."
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2% Conservative
"Despite Warnock's fundraising edge, the candidates appear to be ruing neck and neck."
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-4% Liberal
"Warnock's campaign has raised more than $60 million so far, versus about $20 million taken in by Walker, according to OpenSecrets."
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-8% Liberal
"The Senate race in Georgia, a swing state where President Joe Biden narrowly beat then-President Donald Trump in 2020, is one of several key elections that will determine which party controls the Senate after November's midterm elections."
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2% Conservative
"The Senate race in Georgia, a swing state where President Joe Biden narrowly beat then-President Donald Trump in 2020, is one of several key elections that will determine which party controls the Senate after November's midterm elections."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Herschel has properly denied the charges against him, and I have no doubt he is correct, Trump said in a statement Tuesday on his Twitter-like platform Truth Social."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Warnock only holds a slight lead in polling averages of the contest."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"The fundraising windfall for the scandal-plagued GOP Senate hopeful came as top Republicans, including Trump, defended Walker against The Daily Beast's bombshell report."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"The fundraising windfall for the scandal-plagued GOP Senate hopeful came as top Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, defended Walker against The Daily Beast's bombshell report."
Negative
-30% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Ramirez's attorney, Seth Kretzer, said while he feels empathy for Castro's family, his client's challenge was about protecting religious freedoms for all.
47% : Gonzalez said he would not seek the death penalty while he remains in office.
39% : During a nearly 20-minute Facebook live video, Gonzalez said he believes the death penalty is one of the "many things wrong with our justice system."
38% : Gonzalez said he considers the death penalty "unethical."
35% : Ramirez challenged state prison rules that prevented his pastor from touching him and praying aloud during his execution, saying his religious freedom was being violated.

*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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