Individual death sentences will continue to be appealed, no matter how the Supreme Court acts on these cases. But if the Court decides against the defense - seemingly a predictable outcome, given the Court's current mood - future appellants will essentially be limited to arguing that a miscarriage of justice occurred for a particular reason in their particular case. The era of broad-based challenges to the death penalty, each one determining the fate of large groups of inmates, will for the most part be over.