In 2008, two years before he announced his retirement, Justice Stevens reversed course and in a concurrence said that he now believed the death penalty to be unconstitutional.
But the reason for that change of heart, after more than three decades on the court and some 1,100 executions, has in many ways remained a mystery, and now Justice Stevens has provided an explanation.
[read more about Justice Steven's statement in the article linked below | image is by flickr user Cam Generaux http://www.flickr.com/photos/48645013@N04/]
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/us/28memo.html
