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President Biden Commutes Most Federal Death Sentences

  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    65% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    4% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -24% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

38% : Via CNN:"Today, I am commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 individuals on federal death row to life sentences without the possibility of parole," Biden announced in a statement released Monday.
32% : President Joe Biden announced this morning that he is taking 37 people off federal death row to serve out life sentences behind bars -- a decision that leaves only three federal prisoners awaiting execution when Trump takes office next month.
20% : BREAKINGPresident Biden has commuted the death sentences of 37 out of the 40 men on death row.
16% : "These commutations are consistent with the moratorium my Administration has imposed on federal executions, in cases other than terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder," Biden said, referring to his Justice Department's halt on federal 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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