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Turow, Scott. Ultimate Punishment: a Lawyer's Reflections on Dealing with the Death Penalty.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
Oct. 2003. 120p. Farrar, $17 (0-374-12873-1). 364.66.
Popular legal-fiction writer Turow takes on the divisive topic of the death penalty in this concise, thoughtful essay. A self-proclaimed "death penalty agnostic," Turow didn't consider himself an expert on the issue even during his years as a prosecutor or when he helped in the defense of some high-profile capital cases. Nonetheless, in early 2000, after Illinois governor George Ryan declared a moratorium on further executions, Turow was appointed to a 14-member blue-ribbon commission charged with helping reform the state's capital punishment system. Ryan's groundbreaking moratorium began a wave of similar actions nationwide as more and more guilty convictions were questioned, ...
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