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Jim Crow-Era Law Allowing Split Verdicts Is On The Chopping Block In Louisiana

For 120 years, a jury only had to agree 10-to-2 to convict someone of a felony. Voters have a chance to change that.
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Florida's Death Sentencing Scheme Is Unconstitutional, Supreme Court Rules

Allowing judges instead of juries to impose the death penalty violates the Sixth Amendment.
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