▁risk ▁that ▁Justice ▁Stevens ▁can ▁quant ify , ▁because ▁he ▁la cks ▁a ▁single ▁example ▁of ▁a ▁person ▁executed ▁for ▁a ▁crime ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁commit ▁in ▁the ▁current ▁American ▁system . ▁ ▁But ▁of ▁all ▁Justice ▁Stevens ' ▁critic isms ▁of ▁the ▁death ▁penalty , ▁the ▁hard est ▁to ▁take ▁is ▁his ▁bem o an ing ▁of ▁" the ▁enorm ous ▁costs ▁that ▁death ▁penalty ▁lit ig ation ▁impos es ▁on ▁society ," ▁including ▁the ▁" bur den ▁on ▁the ▁courts ▁and ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁final ity ▁for ▁victim ' s ▁families ." ▁Those ▁costs , ▁those ▁bur dens , ▁and ▁that ▁lack ▁of ▁final ity ▁are ▁in ▁large ▁measure ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁Justice ▁Stevens ▁and ▁other ▁Just ices ▁opposed ▁to ▁the ▁death ▁penalty , ▁who ▁have ▁" enc umber [ ed ] ▁[ it ] ▁… ▁with ▁unw arr anted ▁restrictions ▁neither ▁contained ▁in ▁the ▁text ▁of ▁the ▁Constitution ▁nor ▁reflected ▁in ▁two ▁centuries ▁of ▁practice ▁under ▁it " — the ▁product ▁of ▁their ▁policy ▁views ▁" not ▁shared ▁by ▁the ▁vast ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁people . ▁ ▁D issent ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁L eth al ▁injection ▁ ▁Wil k erson ▁v . ▁Ut ah ▁ ▁G loss ip ▁v . ▁G ross ▁ ▁Bibli ography ▁ ▁L inda ▁Green house . ▁" Just ices ▁to ▁Enter ▁the ▁Deb ate ▁Over ▁L eth al ▁In jection ". ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times , ▁September ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁ ▁" S up reme ▁Court