NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Submits Amicus Brief in Support of Overturning Case That Allows Non-Unanimous Jury Verdicts
June 18, 2019
June 18, 2019
NEW YORK, June 18 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news release:
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) submitted an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to overturn its decision in Apocada v. Oregon, a case that allowed states to have non-unanimous jury verdicts. Data from over 199 recent verdicts reveals the discriminatory effect of this provision; the influence of Black jurors (who are 2.5 times as likely to be in dissent) wa . . .
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) submitted an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to overturn its decision in Apocada v. Oregon, a case that allowed states to have non-unanimous jury verdicts. Data from over 199 recent verdicts reveals the discriminatory effect of this provision; the influence of Black jurors (who are 2.5 times as likely to be in dissent) wa . . .