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Durham DA's Office will not seek death penalty in Faith Hedgepeth murder case

Sep 28, 2021 View Original Article
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    -56% Medium Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    -56% Medium Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    -65% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% : Deberry was elected on a platform of criminal justice reform, which included opposition to the death penalty.
39% : A notice signed by District Attorney Satana Deberry was filed in Superior Court on Tuesday declaring the case against Miguel Enrique Salguero-Olivares non-capital, meaning prosecutors will not seek the death penalty.
38% : The Durham County District Attorney's Office does not plan to pursue the death penalty against the man charged with killing UNC-Chapel Hill student Faith Hedgepeth.

*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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