A major win for the right to trial by jury and for the defendants convicted by non-unanimous juries in Oregon, one of only two states that allowed the practice.
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Oregon Supreme Court Rejects Hundreds of Convictions by Nonunanimous Juries
The Oregon Supreme Court ruled today that all prisoners convicted by nonunanimous juries must have their cases reconsidered, following in the footsteps of a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Ramos v. Louisiana, declaring the practice unconstitutional.
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