Hugo Adam Bedau, Austin Fletcher Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, Tufts University, is the author/and or editor of several books and many articles on the death penalty. His first book, The Death Penalty in America (1964) quickly became the standard reference work on the subject. Now in its fourth edition (1997), it has remained the most widely read and cited source of information on capital punishment in the United States. He is co-author with Michael Radelet and Constance Putnam of In Spite of Innocence (1992), the first comprehensive study of miscarriages of justice in capital cases. He has testified before several Congressional committees and many state Legislatures on the death penalty and has been active in the anti-death penalty projects since 1958, working with the ACLU, AI, LDF, and National Coalition Against the Death Penalty.

Last updated April 16, 2002