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ARCHIVED · 1 LEFT · 3 CENTER · 0 RIGHT · Sep 18, 1:22 AM

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Alabama carries out execution of Jeffery Lee for 1998 double murder at pawnshop

Stuff (New Zealand) and WCNC Charlotte (Tegna) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happenedLee and his supporters made a final bid to spare him, noting the jury in his case had made a recommendation of life imprisonment, which the judge overrode.
What changedThe left frames it as "Alabama carries out execution of Jeffery Lee for 1998 double murder at pawnshop". The center frames it as "Alabama set to execute man for pawnshop killings months after his nitrogen gas execution...".
ConfidenceMedium. 3+ sources across at least two bias buckets with comparable news formats.
Archive healthLive match · 6 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format

WORDING GAP

66WORDING GAP

4 sources · 2 bias buckets · Medium confidence

Still Watching. The left frames it as "Alabama carries out execution of Jeffery Lee for 1998 double murder at pawnshop". The center frames it as "Alabama set to execute man for pawnshop killings months after his nitrogen gas execution...".

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Sep 17, 9:49 PM: KARE11 (Tegna, Minneapolis) joined the source map.

Sep 17, 11:34 PM: Washington's Top News (WTOP) joined the source map.

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Sep 18, 12:20 AM: Stuff (New Zealand) joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 66/99 and story health is live match · 6 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format.

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Center ·News report

Alabama carries out execution of Jeffery Lee for 1998 double murder at pawnshop

Lee and his supporters made a final bid to spare him, noting the jury in his case had made a recommendation of life imprisonment, which the judge overrode.

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Center-left ·News report

Alabama carries out execution of Jeffery Lee for 1998 double murder at pawnshop

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama executed a man by lethal injection on Thursday for a 1998 double murder, three months after a judge’s ruling blocked the state from putting him to death with...

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Center ·News report

Alabama carries out execution of Jeffery Lee for 1998 double murder at pawnshop

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama carries out execution of Jeffery Lee for 1998 double murder at pawnshop.

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Center ·News report

Alabama set to execute man for pawnshop killings months after his nitrogen gas execution blocked

Lee and his supporters have made a final bid to spare him, noting the jury in his case had made a recommendation of life imprisonment, which the judge overrode.

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