Criminal
Jun. 22, 2000
Diatribes Can Mask Lack of Evidence Death-Penalty Advocate Ignores Flaws Lawyers, Not System, Saved Innocents
Re "The Facts on Death Sentences" by Bill Thompson (Forum, June 9): Watch out for anyone whose diatribe shrilly accuses his opponents of having no facts to support their position; it's usually the very opposite.
Re "The Facts on Death Sentences" by Bill Thompson (Forum, June 9): Watch out for anyone whose diatribe shrilly accuses his opponents of having no facts to support their position; it's usually the very opposite.
Bill Thompson defends the death penalty by claiming that it was "the state of Illinois" that recently "discovered ...
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