Crumley English 112 17 Sep 00 The Case Against Death Penalty This article was written by Eric M. Freedman, and was printed in the USA Today, magazine in March of 1997. Let us start right there with Mr. Freedman. Since this article appeared in the USA Today I assumed that this man was probably one that knew what he was talking about and probably well respected among his peers. He is a professor at Hofstra University School of Law …showed first 75 words of 1973 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1973 total…section are all opponents of the death penalty. In conclusion I would like to say that at first sight this seemed to be a very well written and factual article. But after a slight bit of digging I found this to not be true at all. Even though Mr. Freedman may be quite qualified in the ways of our judicial system he used many so called “facts” to try and persuade his audience. Brad Crumley