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Legal On shaky ground, SCOTUS dismisses notion of restorative justice Hassan Kanu 7 minute read The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday issued a decision that amounts to a policy choice against courts correcting miscarriages of justice in state criminal trials. The high court decided that its ruling last term, which held that the Constitution requires jury verdicts in criminal trials to be unanimous, doesn t apply to those already convicted. The decision in Edwards v. Vannoy is a loss for Thedrick Edwards and hundreds more in Louisiana and Oregon, the only two states that allow non-unanimous verdicts. It s also a loss for individuals who may have been convicted under other racist segregation-era laws and trial rules, sometimes for long, even lifetime, sentences. ....
Supreme Court says non-unanimous convictions need not cause re-trial wwltv.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wwltv.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Louisiana s unanimous jury law could be applied retroactively. Author: Paul Dudley / Eyewitness News Published: 10:46 PM CST February 8, 2021 Updated: 10:58 PM CST February 8, 2021 NEW ORLEANS A Louisiana criminal case is being heard by the highest court in the land and the outcome could result in new trials for hundreds of inmates convicted by non-unanimous juries in the past. As the United States Supreme Court hears the Baton Rouge case, the lone dissenting juror on all the charges is teaming up with a law professor to present the nine justices facts of the case that, they said, just don’t add up. “I feel like I was not heard. I feel like I was silenced. I feel like I did my jury service, but it didn’t make a difference,” JonRe Taylor, the lone Black juror in the trial, said. ....