SALEM — Hundreds of felony convictions became invalid Friday, Dec. 30, after the Oregon Supreme Court struck down all non-unanimous jury verdicts reached before the practice was banned two years
SALEM — Hundreds of felony convictions became invalid Friday, Dec. 30, after the Oregon Supreme Court struck down all non-unanimous jury verdicts reached before the practice was banned two years
State justices extend right to around 300 convicted by nonunanimous juries but whose cases were final. U.S. ruling in 2020 applied to 500 whose cases were still in process or
A Friday opinion by the Oregon Supreme Court offers clarity for people convicted in trials where not everyone on the jury agreed the convicted person was guilty.
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