... I just don't see in our world today, with all our available alternatives, that capital punishment is still necessary. Turow continues with, "The principal reason that Americans subscribe to the death penalty, I believe, is as a moral statement, that for ultimate evil there must be ultimate punishment, and that moral message ends up being lost if you are executing the wrong people ( ... is a big issue in capital punishment. Recent studies concerning racial bias and wrongful convictions have leaded the governors of Maryland and Illinois to introduce a moratorium on the application of the d...

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