Los Angeles Times Article Rating

Editorial: Pass this bill to end lifelong penalties for minor drug crimes

Aug 26, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -22% Somewhat Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    -22% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    -5% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : But they're all lumped together -- by law, regulation, licensing requirement, insurance considerations, custom or just plain ignorance.
45% : Even if it didn't, hundreds of thousands of Californians who were arrested for possession of marijuana, which is now legal in this state, or small quantities of other substances that are still forbidden, were convicted of felony charges.
34% : Possession of illegal drugs in small amounts is a misdemeanor in California and could theoretically land a person in county jail for six months.

*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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