By LANE WALLACE [The Atlantic] – ‘In all the reminiscing and analysis that’s emerged following Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens’ retirement announcement last Friday, the piece that’s intrigued me the most is the explanation of how Stevens came to change his views on the death penalty over the course of his tenure on the court…The justices had been operating on a theory that, at least in Justice Stevens’ opinion, the messy reality of life had not matched. And so he came to change his opinion about the theory. That is, of course, what all good scientists are supposed to do.’ (Continued at The Atlantic | More Chronicle & Notices.)
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