In Schriro v. Summerlin (2004), the Court ruled that Ring v. Arizona (2002) applied retroactively to cases already final on direct review.

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In Schriro v. Summerlin (2004), the Supreme Court ruled that the decision in Ring v. Arizona (2002) does not apply retroactively to cases already final on direct review. Ring v. Arizona required that a jury, rather than a judge, find an aggravating factor necessary for imposing the death penalty, but this new rule was determined not to apply retroactively.

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