The Chicago Tribune, which for years has done the best work in the country on the issue of the death penalty, has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for its work on this subject.
We do not know yet what precisely the Tribune was nominated for. However, it could well be its three-part series, published last summer and blogged on here, here and here, on the execution of Carlos De Luna, a Texas man who was executed despite the fact that he was almost certainly if not demonstrably innocent.
Carlos De Luna's last words before he was executed:
"I want to say I hold no grudges. I hate no one. I love my family. Tell everyone on death row to keep the faith and don’t give up."
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