The Tribune-Democrat: We long have supported Pennsylvania’s death penalty, believing that it serves as a deterrent to homicides and other horrendous crimes…
But we also acknowledge – and have for several years now – that breakthroughs in DNA research and the large number of cases overturned by ineffective defense lawyering have put a whole new light onto the capital punishment issue.
We support putting the death penalty process on hold until an improved, more-fail-proof system is determined… (more)
