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Non-unanimous juries. Heard this on NPR and couldn’t believe such a thing existed. True to form this does exist in Louisiana and people, black, have been convicted under this ruling. It’s a clear holdover from Jim Crow days and is a way to replace slavery with prisoner workers. [npr.org]

JackPedigo 9 Oct 22
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Louisiana of course

bobwjr Level 10 Oct 22, 2021
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The most recent info I’ve seen:

Civil case decided by majority. Criminal case requires unanimity.

Most of us feel that is true but we are mistaken in Lousyanna.

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Louisiana prison farms have been using African Americans for free labor for way too long.

New York prisons have been using inmates to run businesses for years and years and it is not all making license plates.

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Outside of the US majority juries are quite common.

Common but not standard.

@JackPedigo In percentages, how do “common” and “standard” differ?

@yvilletom From the report it seems common is 98% and standard should be 100%. A 2% difference. However, the supreme court has said non-unanimous juries are unconstitutional so now standard and common are equal (except for those still in jail.

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