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I’ve met some cold-hearted killers, but most crooks are ordinary and often quite pathetic

28 Sept 2026 19:00 AEST Summary

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I’ve dealt with plenty of criminals. Mostly the bad ones because they’re easier to catch.

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Niral Score 36.1 mundaneloaded

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Sentiment -0.6 hostilefavourable Sourcing 28 unattributednamed sources Mood 39.4 sorrowjoyful

5 read zero: political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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Outlet	Niral Score
The Sydney Morning Heraldas they published this story	36.1

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