By 7-2 we agreed with the Supreme Court in Ring v. Arizona that only this group can impose the death penalty
... what safeguards should surround a punishment that 
is not only more severe than ... First, the Court had to clarify whether its 2002 
ruling in Ring v. ... Dretke, a 7-2 majority rebuked both the appeals court and 
Texas by... [DOC] [TLE] Alabama's horrible death penalty law needs to go.