Supreme Court Limits Reach of Death Penalty Ruling
Thursday, June 24, 2004 at 02:59AM
TheSpook
A closely divided U.S. Supreme Court said on
Thursday its 2002 ruling that juries and not judges must impose a
death sentence applies only to future cases, a decision that may
affect more than 100 death row inmates. By a 5-4 vote, the justices
said their decision from two years ago did not apply retroactively to
all pending death penalty cases, disappointing opponents of capital
punishment. [more]
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