Scott Turow, Ultimate Punishment: A Lawyer's Reflections on Dealing with the Death Penalty

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"There will always be cases that cry out to me for ultimate punishment. That is not the true issue. The pivotal question instead is whether a system of justice can be constructed that reaches only the rare, right cases, without also occasionally condemning the innocent or the undeserving."

Scott Turow, Ultimate Punishment: A Lawyer's Reflections on Dealing with the Death Penalty