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Kansas v. Marsh, Supreme Court of Kansas, December 17, 2004 [ruling that the state's 1994 death penalty law is unconstitutional in providing that when juries weigh aggravating and mitigating factors in determining a sentence, a tie goes to the state]. Read the full text of the opinion here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.