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Pastor and reporter discuss witnessing Joseph Corcoran's execution

  • Bias Rating

    -46% Medium Liberal

  • Reliability

    50% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -50% Medium Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    -60% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : "However, Leitzel said, in the chamber, Corcoran said something else."I took hold of his hand and you'd almost have to hear it, Joe and I talked and joked all the time and Joe said this with humor, 'Ah, don't hold my hand,' and then he kind of settled in and right after that he said, 'Just pray for me,'" the pastor recalled.
38% : Smith was the only journalist invited to witness Corcoran die by lethal injection.
36% : INDIANAPOLIS -- Joseph Corcoran, the man convicted of killing his brother and three others in 1997, was executed Wednesday after decades of sitting on death row.

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