Comment & Debate
Peter Bronson. “Death Penalty Guards What is Valued Most”. International Herald Tribune. 8 Mar. 2001 – “American media, already biased against capital punishment, made a sensation of stories from Chicago about wrongful prosecution. The governor of Illinois declared a moratorium on executions. Most of the stories did not say, however, that the “innocence” was often technical. More than half the “innocent” defendants were later convicted. And malfeasance by prosecutors does not mean the death penalty is wrong, it means Illinois needs better prosecutors.”