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Opening Arguments

No pals for those in the pen

I hope what seems to be true here really is true, that an outside group is running this Web site, and Indiana death-row inmate Michael Dean Overstreet isn't corresponding with a bunch of "pen pals." In all my years on editorial pages, I've had only a handful of hard-and-fast rules for letters to the editor. One of them is: Never, ever, run a letter from someone in prison -- never mind death row -- seeking someone to write to. More often than not, they're just looking for someone to scam.

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