OVER THE PAST 25 YEARS, MORE THAN 74 MEN
HAVE BEEN EXONORATED AND FREED FROM DEATH ROW.....SOME ONLY HOURS BEFORE THEIR SCHEDULED EXECUTION. FOR EVERY 7 EXECUTIONS, ONE OTHER PRISONER ON DEATH ROW (SOME FOR AS LONG AS SIXTEEN YEARS) HAS BEEN FOUND INNOCENT..... IN ILLINOIS ALONE, ALMOST AS MANY MEN HAVE BEEN EXONORATED AS HAVE BEEN EXECUTED. DOES THIS MEAN THAT OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM WORKS? FAR FROM IT. RECENTLY, JOURNALISM STUDENTS AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVING THE INNOCENCE OF FOUR MEN, AWAITING EXECUTION. NOT ATTORNEYS, NOT JUDGES, NOT THE POLICE - BUT JOURNALISM STUDENTS. .
THE COURTS HAVE LONG AGO GIVEN UP
CARING ABOUT GUILT OR INNOCENCE. PROCEDURE AND PROCESS ARE THE NEW STANDARDS. FORM OVER SUBSTANCE, AND THE TRUTH BE DAMNED. THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION HAS CALLED FOR A DEATH-
PENALTY MORATORIUM. MAKE THE
MORATORIUM A REALITY.
DO SOMETHING
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