Topic summary
40%13 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 9.7% saturation with 6,785 hits. Analysis detected 50,334 faulty-reasoning hits from 69,661 analyzed words across 13 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 5% (14,808 of 15,576 topics). This Death Penalty is better (less manipulative) than 95.10% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

5% percentile
02550751004.9% percentile
1.4% BS Score13 analyzed articles69.7K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 6.4%6.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.4%8.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.7%9.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.3%1.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.1%1.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.7%0.7%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 5.3%Halo Effect: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Lee Gilley’s extradition held up as Italian court questions whether death penalty is in play, attorney says2%
Houston Public Media12%By Kyle McClenagan8%7/21/2026, 9:35:59 PM
Dems’ Star Witness For AG Hearing Pushed Clemency For ‘Rapists, Child Molesters, And Murderers’58%
The Federalist90%By M.D. Kittle74%7/15/2026, 11:43:33 AM
Trump Has Already Launched More Death Penalty Prosecutions Than in His Entire First Term30%
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 Penalty32%
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 NOW94%By Austin Sarat0%5/22/2026, 6:29:54 PM
False Testimony Sent Tony Carruthers to Death Row. Tennessee Wants to Kill Him Anyway.53%
The Intercept82%By Liliana Segura0%5/20/2026, 6:11:24 PM
Xavier Becerra Pushed to Inflate a Black Man’s IQ to Execute Him16%
The Intercept82%By Akela Lacy75%5/19/2026, 9:57:00 AM