In 2020, the Supreme Court struck down laws that allowed people in Louisiana and Oregon to be convicted even if two jurors voted not guilty. Despite the ruling, some of them may never get a new trial.
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In 2020, the Supreme Court struck down laws that allowed people in Louisiana and Oregon to be convicted even if two jurors voted not guilty. Despite the ruling, some of them may never get a new trial.
Kyle Hedquist and Kyle Black served more than 25 years each in Oregon prisons after pleading guilty to separate murders. Now they're fixtures in criminal justice policy talks at the state Capitol.
This article first appeared in Bolts Magazine and is republished with permission. One of the first things they saw when they walked into the prison was the wheelchairs. One after another, something like 40 chairs and walkers were lined up neatly outside each cell, stretching away into the distance. It was a jarring sight even for Kyle Hedquist, who’d worked for many years as a hospice volunteer during the decades he spent locked up there..