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Dr. Arthur Zitrin, Anti-Death Penalty Advocate and Bioethicist, Dies at 101
by Scott Grammer
Dr. Arthur Zitrin died at age 101 on May 11, 2019. He was a psychiatrist and leading bioethicist who believed that doctors should take no part in lethal injections. His son Richard, an attorney and professor of legal ethics, said Zitrin died of chronic lung disease complicated ...
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