Source: NYTimes Editorials Page
Published: October 28, 2011
Though simple and concise, this editorial expresses the authors opinion towards the civility of Pennsylvania through the faltering "death row" system. Lawyers in Pennsylvania do not get paid enough to defend the cases of the said criminals and so there are 208 women on death row but no one has been put to death since 1999. He feels that death row should not exist because one) it is too expensive for nothing, and two) he believes it is barbaric.
It is not credible because it is an editorial piece and not an informational piece, therefore the information is bias and is only information needed to back up this specific view point. This means not all the information is there to back up all the factual back ground that would need to be known in order to understand the whole story.
The context of this piece is that this is a current issue which the author clearly felt as if it needed to be addressed. His purpose was clearly to inform his audience (people in general, or citizens of pennsylvania) about a current issue in the justice system or to sway them to believe in the same thing he does. The author does achieve his purpose because this editorial was published in the NYTimes a nationally well known newspaper.
Rhetorical Devices:
- Statistics; he uses statistics to further establish the credibility of his argument...
- ethos; goes hand in hand with the statistics.
- memory... when reading this editorial it appeals the audience's memory of what death row is, of what lawyers are/what they do, and the justice system of pennsylvania.
It is not credible because it is an editorial piece and not an informational piece, therefore the information is bias and is only information needed to back up this specific view point. This means not all the information is there to back up all the factual back ground that would need to be known in order to understand the whole story.
The context of this piece is that this is a current issue which the author clearly felt as if it needed to be addressed. His purpose was clearly to inform his audience (people in general, or citizens of pennsylvania) about a current issue in the justice system or to sway them to believe in the same thing he does. The author does achieve his purpose because this editorial was published in the NYTimes a nationally well known newspaper.
Rhetorical Devices:
- Statistics; he uses statistics to further establish the credibility of his argument...
- ethos; goes hand in hand with the statistics.
- memory... when reading this editorial it appeals the audience's memory of what death row is, of what lawyers are/what they do, and the justice system of pennsylvania.
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