Entries tagged with “Stephen Breyer”
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Jun 08, 2023
Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Expresses Continued Frustration with the Fair Administration of the Death Penalty
In a recent interview with The Marshall Project, former United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer discussed his twenty-eight years of experience on the Court and the evolution of his view on the death penalty. He explained that he did not go to the Supreme Court intending to overturn the death penalty, but “[i]t’s so unfairly administered. There’s neither rhyme nor reason. The whole point of this criminal justice system is fairness.… I’m not saying,‘You’re…
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,Jul 19, 2022
Commentary: Richard Glossip’s Case Exemplifies the Systemic Flaws that Justice Stephen Breyer Warned About
As Richard Glossip faces an execution date for the fourth time, his case is a perfect example of the problems in the death-penalty system that then-Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer (pictured) identified in his 2015 landmark dissent in Glossip v. Gross. In an analysis published by Slate, Jeremy Stahl writes,“Whether or not Richard Glossip is ultimately executed for a crime he likely did not commit, his and Breyer’s…
Research
Jan 31, 2022
Justice Stephen Breyer, Pragmatic Jurist Who Doubted Constitutionality of Capital Punishment, to Retire from Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer (pictured), whose growing doubts about capital punishment led him to question its constitutionality, is retiring after 28 years on the Court. The 83-year-old justice formally announced his retirement in a January 27, 2022 letter to President Joe Biden, saying that he will step down“when the Court rises for the summer recess this year … assuming that by then my successor has been nominated and confirmed.”…