After a 32-Year Journey, Justice Stevens Renounces Capital Punishment
Posted by Ted Hopton on April 19, 2008
I have never been convinced that the death penalty makes sense. Research I’ve seen shows no measurable deterrent factor produced by it, and the morality of the government putting a citizen to death truly is impossible for me to justify. So it’s interesting to read this account of a change in position on the death penalty by one of our Supreme Court justices.
