In a ruling that denies new trials to at least 1,000 inmates convicted by split-jury decisions, the Louisiana Supreme Court has refused to extend a ban on non-unanimous jury verdicts to apply retroactively in serious criminal cases.
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Prohibitions against nonunanimous jury convictions outlawed by Louisiana voters in 2018 and, later, by the U.S. Supreme Court do not have to apply retroactively to earlier convictions, Louisiana's highest court ruled Friday.