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Scott Turow makes his case that death-penalty system is fatally flawed.
Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) Nov 4, 2002 pNA (3678 words)

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1. What is Turow’s legal background?



2. Why does he think America’s system of capital punishment is fundamentally flawed?



3. What evidence supports his contention?



4. To what extent has Turow participated in the political system?



5. What is your own opinion of capital punishment? Why do you feel the way you do?




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