Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
2 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
67/100
Fox News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
6
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
An Oklahoma man convicted of plotting with his lover to kill her estranged husband 25 years ago was executed Thursday without uttering any final words.
asserted
man → convict → words
James Pavatt, 73, was put to death by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester for the 2001 murder of Rob Andrew, a 39-year-old advertising executive who was gunned down in his garage while picking up his two young children just before Thanksgiving.
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who → put → Thanksgiving
Pavatt was pronounced dead at 10:12 a.m. local time, according to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
uncertain
Pavatt → pronounce → Corrections
Prison officials described the execution as "uneventful," adding that Pavatt had no last words, according to local news station KOKH.
uncertain
Pavatt → describe → KOKH
For his last meal, Pavatt requested a strawberry milkshake and a barbecue dinner of smoked chicken, brisket, pulled pork, fried okra, baked beans and pickles, KOCO reported.
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KOCO → request → chicken
Pavatt was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
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Pavatt → convict → murder
He had been having an affair with Rob Andrew's wife, Brenda Andrew, who was convicted in a separate trial and also sentenced to death.
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who → have → death
Weeks before the killing, Rob Andrew told police someone was trying to kill him after the brake lines on his car were cut.
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lines → tell → car
Brenda Andrew later claimed masked intruders shot her in the arm and fatally shot her husband at the Oklahoma City home the couple previously shared.
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couple → claim → home
Prosecutors, however, said she and Pavatt plotted the murder.
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she → say → murder
The pair fled to Mexico with Brenda Andrew's two children after the shooting but were arrested three months later while re-entering the United States.
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pair → flee → States
At a clemency hearing last month, Pavatt maintained his innocence and claimed Brenda Andrew had manipulated him.
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Andrew → maintain → him
It was not until my trial that I began to see the extent to which I had been manipulated by Brenda," he told the board.
asserted
he → begin → board
"I can see why the jury believed that we were both involved in Rob's murder."
asserted
we → see → murder
Prosecutors maintained that both were equally responsible for the killing, regardless of who fired the fatal shots.
asserted
who → maintain → shots
Pavatt's execution was the first of two scheduled in the United States on Thursday.
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execution → schedule → Thursday
In Texas, John Allen Rubio, 46, was set to be executed that evening for the 2003 stabbing and beheading of three young children he was raising in Brownsville.
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he → set → Brownsville
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Press → contribute → report
The Aporia
