Since America reintroduced the death penalty a quarter of a century ago, 695 people have been executed and 3,703 are currently on death row. As the debate on capital punishment gains prominence under the Bush administration, correspondent Charles Wheeler tours four death-penalty states. He listens to personal stories of the wrongly accused and monitors growing concern among lawyers that this form of justice is seriously flawed.
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