Dudley Sharp

Author Dudley Sharp is vice president of Justice for All, a not-for-profit organization whose members believe that the criminal justice system does not adequately protect law- abiding citizens. The organization asserts in the following viewpoint that, despite the claims of some anti-capital punishment activists, there is no evidence that innocent people have been executed under America’s death penalty laws. The organization claims that certain studies, which suggest that numerous people on death row are innocent, are riddled with flaws. According to Justice for All, errors in death penalty cases are extremely rare, if they exist at all.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. What percentage of death penalty cases has been overturned since 1973, according to Justice for All?
2. According to the organization, what are the flaws in the Bedau-Radelet study?
3. What is fraudulent about...