Supreme Court Ruling To Require Unanimous Jury Verdicts Is a Victory for Civil Rights and Criminal Justice, CAP's Ed Chung Says
April 21, 2020
April 21, 2020
WASHINGTON, April 21 -- The Center for American Progress issued the following statement:
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Ramos v. Louisiana that jury verdicts in state criminal trials must be unanimous in order to convict a defendant of a serious crime. This decision overturns the standards in Louisiana and Oregon, which had long punished people based on 10-2 verdicts. Louisiana changed its law last year to require unanimous verdicts in all criminal cases but did not apply the c . . .
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Ramos v. Louisiana that jury verdicts in state criminal trials must be unanimous in order to convict a defendant of a serious crime. This decision overturns the standards in Louisiana and Oregon, which had long punished people based on 10-2 verdicts. Louisiana changed its law last year to require unanimous verdicts in all criminal cases but did not apply the c . . .