A Struggle with the Police & the Law
A Supreme Court Justice revisits a rape trial from the 1950s.
A Supreme Court Justice revisits a rape trial from the 1950s.
In 1976, newly appointed Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens voted to reinstate capital punishment in the United States. Thirty years later, he argued that it’s unconstitutional. Here, he explains why he changed his mind.
John Paul Stevens New York Review of Books Dec 2010 15min Permalink