Ring v. Arizona, No. 01-488 (U.S. Supreme Court) (536 U.S. 584; 122 S.Ct. 2428) (June 24, 2002) (Justice Ginsburg)
Here, by a vote of 7-to-2, the Court held that its decision in Appendi v. New Jersey renders unconstitutional the Arizona statutes that permit the judge, rather than the jury, to determine the facts that result in the imposition of a death sentence.
In this case, the debate over the ...
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