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      "date": "2010-05-07",
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      "title": "The Jurisprudence of Justice John Paul Stevens: Leading Opinions on the Death Penalty",
      "summary": "Justice Stevens\u2019s position on the death penalty has undergone a thorough transformation during his tenure on the Court. Although Stevens initially supported the imposition of the death penalty in accordance with adequately protective state enacted guidelines, over the next 35 years the Justice has voted to narrow the application of the death penalty as he has become more skeptical of the punishment\u2019s underlying rationale and the states\u2019 ability to protect the rights of capital defendants. In 2008, Justice Stevens\u2019s death penalty jurisprudence may have culminated with his concurring opinion in Baze v. Rees, in which the Justice unequivocally expressed his ultimate conclusion that the death penalty is itself unconstitutional.",
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