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Supreme Court reverses case of death row inmate.

Byline: Allen Pusey

WASHINGTON _ In a stinging rebuke to the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the case of a Texas death row inmate Thursday, saying the lower court had not properly considered an appeal based on his mental retardation.

And in another death penalty case, a narrower majority rejected the claim of an Arizona inmate that his death sentence was unconstitutional because it was decided by a judge.

Both decisions, each in their way, are likely to affect a significant number of death penalty cases. At least 100 death row inmates in five states whose sentences were administered by judges now face more certain execution. ...

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