Please read the column that was the heart of Lisa Falkenberg's winning 2015 Pulitzer Prize entry for column writing. Falkenberg writes for The Houston Chronicle, so in addition to being excellent, her columns hit close to home.
Wheels of justice grind slowly on death row
After you read her column, please answer the following questions and post your responses to your blog.
1. Describe what crime Alfred Dwayne Brown was convicted on committing.
2. What was his contention voiced during closing arguments?
3. When was the closing argument heard and the jury's decision rendered?
4. When was Falkenberg's article published?
5. Was was Brown's alibi?
6. Why did his alibi fail to convince jurors at his original trial?
7. What happened the spring after the trial ended which caused the district attorney to reopen the case?
8. What second document made Falkenberg doubt that the failure to produce the first document was "an innocent oversight"? Do you believe she is right?
9. How did the appeals court respond to the recommendation for a new trial?
10. What plea to action does Falkenberg make in the conclusion paragraph of her column?
11. How do you think this story ends for Brown?
12. Describe the style of this piece? How do you think it the style is typical of an op-ed column?
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