we are human beings,'". Khalaf says that before working on this book, she never thought much about the death penalty, but she was deeply touched by reading the stories of men who often grew up in broken homes and who,as one inmate says, "became lost souls as children."

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But as talented and successful as he was, he was also deeply troubled.

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His government is seen as riddled with corruption and his election is considered deeply flawed.

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