Stevens Cites 'Serious Flaws' In Use of the Death Penalty

Associated Press
Monday, August 8, 2005; Page A04

CHICAGO -- Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens issued an unusually stinging criticism of capital punishment Saturday evening, telling the American Bar Association that he is disturbed by "serious flaws."

Stevens stopped short of calling for an end to the death penalty, but he said there are many problems in the way it is used.