acctualy ghost(in the states anyway) when the supriem court ruled the death penalty was unconstitutional everyone on death row was canverted to life w/op paroll(sp? ive never used tht word lol)then when the supreim court rulled later that leathal injection WAS constitutional some(very few only the worst of the worst of the worst)where put back on death row,its really up to congress and the courts wether or not the law is retroactive