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Indiana prepares to put to death a killer of 4 after 15-year pause in executions

  • Bias Rating

    -20% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    35% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -16% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    -54% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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-47% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : States generally prohibit citizens from attending executions, so the media becomes the public's watchdog, providing important information about how the government is following the law and using taxpayer funds.
42% : Indiana's resumption of executions is refocusing attention on Corcoran's case and questions about how the state has been able to obtain a drug for lethal injections.
40% : State officials said they couldn't continue executions because a combination of drugs used in lethal injections had become unavailable.
39% : No media can witness Indiana executionsIndiana is one of only two states, along with Wyoming, that do not allow for members of the news media to witness state executions, according to a recent report by the Death Penalty Information Center.

*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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