A divided US Supreme Court underscored its view that...

A divided US Supreme Court underscored its view that jurors choosing between a death sentence and a life term in prison should be told if the convicted killer has no chance of parole. The court ruled 5-4 that jurors at the 1996 trial of William Kelly, a convicted South Carolina killer, should have known that he could never be released if he was sentenced to life in prison. Justice David Souter wrote for a majority that included Justices John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justices Anthony M. Kennedy, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas dissented. The case is Kelly v. South Carolina, 00-9280. The decision can be found at: http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/01slipopinion.html