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Photo by Patrick O'Donnell
Several hundred students and members of the community turned out for Oct. 25 town hall meeting on the death penalty. The discussion at the free public forum centered on whether or not the death penalty is used as revenge or social justice. Sponsored by Cal State Fullerton’s Center for Community Dialogue, noted experts provided insight into the controversial issue and invited questions from the audience. Topics focused on the death penalty as a deterrent, victims’ rights, costs to the state of sentencing a prisoner to death, the impact on society, the socio-economic and ethnic status of the victims of death row inmates and many other relative concerns.