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Tonight: Are there two sides to every question? Back to you, Jim.

robert macneil (voice over): A Galilean preacher claims he is the Redeemer and says the poor are blessed. Should he be crucified?

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macneil: Good evening. The Roman procurator in Jerusalem is trying to decide whether a man regarded by many as a saint should be put to death. Pontius Pilate is being urged by civil libertarians to intervene in what is seen here in Rome as being basically a local dispute. Tonight, the crucifixion debate. Jim?

jim lehrer: Robin, the provinces of Judaea and Galilee have always been trouble spots, and this year…

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 passed away on July 21 at age 71. He wrote many pieces for Harper’s Magazine over the years, including this column, a classic of humor writing and media criticism.



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