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SC Supreme Court: Execution by Firing Squad Is Legal

  • Bias Rating

    -36% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    45% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -46% Medium Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    2% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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-20% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : The state said in its argument before the state Supreme Court in February that lethal injection, electrocution, and firing squad all fit existing death penalty protocols.
42% : The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the state's death penalty, which now includes a firing squad as well as lethal injection and the electric chair, is legal.
41% : After South Carolina's supplies of drugs for lethal injections expired, it found no pharmaceutical companies would sell more if they could be publicly identified.

*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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