Supreme Court Limits Reach of Death Penalty Ruling

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]