Topic summary
42%12 analyzed articles/videos13,938 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Death Penalty results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Framing Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 9.9% saturation with 6,785 hits. Analysis detected 50,178 faulty-reasoning hits from 68,725 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 5% (11,769 of 12,336 topics). This Death Penalty is better (less manipulative) than 95.40% of the peer group.
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Attribute Prevalence (Top 48)
Death Penalty attribute prevalence percentages (biases/fallacies), sorted highest to lowest.
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Death Penalty vs sitewide
Death Penalty attribute percentages, with an overlaid sitewide baseline for those same attributes.

Analyzed articles and videos

Dems’ Star Witness For AG Hearing Pushed Clemency For ‘Rapists, Child Molesters, And Murderers’57%
The Federalist92%By M.D. Kittle85%7/15/2026, 11:43:33 AM
Trump Has Already Launched More Death Penalty Prosecutions Than in His Entire First Term31%
The Intercept82%By Liliana Segura0%7/1/2026, 2:09:17 PM
Florida Is Executing Prisoners at a Record Pace, Even as Most of the U.S. Abandons the Death Penalty33%
ProPublica26%By Pamela Colloff0%6/30/2026, 9:00:00 AM
Indiana Banned Press From Executions for “Dignity.” It Actually Serves Repression.61%
The Intercept82%By Jeremy Busby0%6/13/2026, 10:00:00 AM
Minnesota lawmaker shooting suspect to plead guilty after death penalty is dropped15%
The Independent66%By Paul Farrell0%6/11/2026, 9:37:53 AM
Richard Glossip on Life After Decades on Death Row8%
The Intercept82%By Liliana Segura0% Jordan Smith0%5/30/2026, 10:18:00 AM
Clarence Thomas’ latest death penalty dissent makes for chilling reading35%
MS NOW96%By Austin Sarat0%5/22/2026, 6:29:54 PM
False Testimony Sent Tony Carruthers to Death Row. Tennessee Wants to Kill Him Anyway.52%
The Intercept82%By Liliana Segura0%5/20/2026, 6:11:24 PM
Xavier Becerra Pushed to Inflate a Black Man’s IQ to Execute Him17%
The Intercept82%By Akela Lacy0%5/19/2026, 9:57:00 AM
“It’s Overwhelming But It’s Amazing”: Richard Glossip Released From Jail After Three Decades48%
The Intercept82%By Liliana Segura0% Jordan Smith0%5/14/2026, 4:22:46 PM