A District Court panel in Florida has endorsed a special verdict form that asks jurors to specify what elements of a crime warrant a death penalty. The District Court certified its decision as a matter of great public importance and asked the Florida Supreme Court to review the rulings, noting “this ruling could affect many cases that may ultimately be reviewed by the Supreme Court.” In the original ruling in the capital case against Alfredie Steele Jr., Pasco County Judge Lynn Tepper required the jury’s specific decision to bring Florida’s law into compliance with the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Ring v. Arizona. In Ring , the U.S. Supreme Court held that a defendant is entitled to have the jury, not a judge, decide whether he or she is eligible for the death penalty. Some of the states possibly impacted by Ring, including Florida, have yet to formally address how the decision should affect court procedures, leaving local judges to deliver rulings based on their own interpretation of the law. (Miami Daily Business Review, April 29, 2004) See Ring v. Arizona.