“The Fatal Flaws” by Bob Herbert The New York Times February 11, 2002 Article Summary In the spring of 2000, a team of lawyers and criminologists headed by Prof. James Liebman released the first phase of their study on the death penalty in the United States. The study showed that the American system of capital punishment was “riddled” with unfairness and incompetence, with serious errors erupting with alarming frequency at every stage of the process. In February of 2002, …showed first 75 words of 1280 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1280 total…author should view the death penalty system as a whole and analyze the factors affecting it. The slight downward trend in death penalty supporters signifies the public’s increasing disapproval of capital punishment, and eventually will lead to the reform of death penalty laws. This country’s foundations lie within the Constitution, and the removal of the innate rights granted to each American citizen would not be tolerated, and would be met with general defiance.