Good Advice for Pennsylvania: End the Death Penalty

The New York Times makes the case for ending the Death Penalty in Pennsylvania, where "208 men and women are currently on death row, but no one has been executed since 1999 [and] only three people have been executed since … 1976."

The Times editorial focuses on the ineptitude of court appointed defense lawyers, thus pointing out, among other things, that the vast majority of people accused of capital offenses are far too poor to afford their own lawyers.