1. Do you think it possible that Gross and his colleagues “twisted” the statistics a bit to make the 1.6% who were actually exonerated into the 4.1% they reported? 2. Why do you think that the United...

1. Do you think it possible that Gross and his colleagues “twisted” the statistics a bit to make the 1.6% who were actually exonerated into the 4.1% they reported?

2. Why do you think that the United States retains the death penalty when almost all other democracies eliminated it long ago? Should we eliminate it? Why, or why not?