02-12-2020 18:28 via kvoa.com

Supreme Court wrestles with non-unanimous juries case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is struggling with whether to require new trials for potentially thousands of prisoners in Louisiana and Oregon who were convicted by non-unanimous juries before the court barred the practice. The high court last year ruled 6-3 that juries in state criminal trials must be unanimous to convict a defendant. Previously, Louisiana and Oregon as well as Puerto Rico had allowed divided votes to result in convictions. Now, juries everywhere must vote unanimousl
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