imony of an alleged eyewitness, and incompetent defense counsel. Though a white man eventually admitted his guilt, a nine-year legal battle was required before the governor would grant these two men a pardon (Bedau 10).
             Had their execution not been stayed while the constitutional status of the death penalty was argued in the courts, these two innocent men probably would not be alive today.
             It is sometimes argued that abolishing the death penalty would be unfair to taxpayers. However, the death penalty has never saved
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