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"In April 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a ruling that
made things clear to the two states (Oregon and Louisiana) still inexplicably
allowing people to be convicted by non-unanimous juries: to continue to do so
violated the Sixth Amendment rights of the accused.
The only two states affected applied the ruling, eliminating convictions by
non-unanimous verdicts. But the decision was not retroactive. So far, Louisiana
courts have allowed past wrongs to go uncorrected. (Of course, this is a state
that still regularly enforces its outdated criminal defamation law.)
Fortunately for Oregonians whose rights were violated by non-unanimous
verdicts, the state’s highest court has decided the law should be applied
retroactively, instantly invalidating 86 years of non-unanimous verdicts. (h/t
Peter Bonilla)"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
