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Legal Writing & Drafting

OUESTION 1

Edit the following passage to eliminate passive constructions.

(15 marks)

The feature paper was presented by John Smith. He argued that capital punishment is wrong because it is not applied uniformly by the state. Minorities and the poor are sentenced to death more frequently than whites or the rich. In addition, proper legal counsel often cannot be afforded by the poor. The only way these inequalities can be eliminated is for capital punishment to be abolished by our legislatures.