Scott Simon Essay: Spared on Death Row

By Scott Simon

Published January 18, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on what awaits all those death row inmates in Illinois now that their death sentences have been commuted to life in prison.

Scott Simon

Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.

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