USA TODAY is to be commended for its fine editorial calling for a moratorium on executions. It has become clearer than ever that a moratorium is a necessity (''Case against death penalty grows with new exonerations, '' Our View, Capital punishment debate, Friday).

However, the accompanying Opposing View supporting the death penalty suggests Illinois is the only state that has failed to follow the rules in capital sentencing (''Faulty convictions are rare'').

In the 20 other states that have released people from death row, did the prosecutors, juries and judges really ''follow the rules'' when these innocent men and women were sentenced to death?

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