Article January 20, 1992 Issue

Second Thought

Looking again at news and commentary

Christopher S. Wren

The New York Times

From The New York Times, July 18, 1991 "Happy Ending to a Tale That Began on Death Row" by Christopher S. Wren

"[Evelina] de Bruin, [a South African] who has raised 10 children, [had been imprisoned] with her husband, Gideon Madlongwane, sentenced to be hanged for a slaying in which they insist they took no part.

"'No, I never ever lost faith,' Miss de Bruin said in Xhosa as she sat with her husband in their small living room. 'I knew deep down that one day, maybe not tomorrow but one day, I would be set free, because I knew I was not guilty.'

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