In Louisiana, we overwhelmingly passed a constitutional amendment requiring unanimous jury verdicts in felony trials, doing away with a remnant of Jim Crow "justice" in which defendants could be convicted 10-2 or 11-1. (I'll leave it to you to take a wild guess which group was mostly affected by these non-unanimous verdicts.)
Thus, Oregon -- curiously -- remains the only state in the country in which non-unanimous juries can convict defendants for felony offenses.
Thus, Oregon -- curiously -- remains the only state in the country in which non-unanimous juries can convict defendants for felony offenses.
