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Debate on Capital Punishment
Held at New York, on 27th October, 1924

In a public debate held at the Manhattan Opera House, Clarence Darrow argued that not one of the nineteen men under sentence of death at Sing Sing Prison would have been convicted if they could have afforded good attorneys. He was opposed by Judge Alfred J. Talley of General Sessions, who argued for retention of the death penalty for murder. The debate commenced with an address by Lewis Lawes, who was the warden at Sing Sing.

Cast
Narrator: Lee Ann Howlett
Benjamin Javits - Announcer - Marty Krz
Lewis Lawes - Temporary Chairman - John Burlinson
Louis Marshall - Chairman - Marty Krz
Judge Alfred J. Talley - Debater (affirmative) - Ben Stevens
Clarence Darrow - Debater (negative) - Ron Altman
A Voice/chorus - Lee Ann Howlett