Task: Determine the valence intensity of the snippet, indicating a degree of positivity or negativity on a scale from 0 (strongly negative) to 1 (strongly positive), reflecting the emotional content expressed.
Snippet: To the Editor: A Jan. 9 letter writer suggests that part of the $12 million settlement for the inmates beaten and tortured in the 1971 Attica prison uprising go to the victims of the crimes that caused the prisoners to be jailed in the first place.
Intensity score: 