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SC Supreme Court rules state's execution methods constitutional, including firing squad

  • Bias Rating

    -28% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -40% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    12% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : "Before the electric chair became the default method of execution, lethal injection was primary method.
48% : After the state passed a shield law the Department of Corrections was able to obtain drugs to offer lethal injection.
42% : South Carolina law specifies the electric chair as the default method of execution while giving inmates the option of choosing death by firing squad or lethal injection, if those methods are available.
41% : But lethal injection could not be carried out because the Department of Corrections had difficulty obtaining drugs to carry out executions.

*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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