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Basically, there are two statues (Louisiana & Oregon) which do not require unanimous juries. It seems like this was done to prevent a few dissenters from preve
by Natsu 7y ago
Basically, there are two statues (Louisiana & Oregon) which do not require unanimous juries. It seems like this was done to prevent a few dissenters from preventing convictions.
The split in the court is because some justices are worried about undoing something that has been used for more than a hundred years and upsetting a ton of cases.
- C1sc0cat 7y agoDoesn't Louisiana derive some laws from the code napoleon
- boomboomsubban 7y agoThey do, but this practice started in their 1898 constitution that was openly drafted with a goal of establishing white supremacy.
- pwned1 7y agoLouisiana got rid of their non-unanimous jury law a couple of years ago. Oregon was the last state with such laws as of yesterday's Supreme Court opinion.
- Natsu 7y agoThis may overturn prior verdicts, though, too, if I understand it right.