Louisiana Republicans reject bill that would address split jury verdicts, a Jim Crow-era practice
Louisiana Republicans reject bill that would address split jury verdicts, a Jim Crow-era practice
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Louisiana Republicans reject bill that would address split jury verdicts, a Jim Crow-era practice
An estimated 1,000 people behind bars in the Deep South state were convicted by non-unanimous juries, a practice rooted in racism from the era of “Jim Crow” laws and deemed unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2020.