Oregon defends past nonunanimous jury verdicts to high court ...

Oregon defends past nonunanimous jury verdicts to high court

Oregon's attorney general is telling the U.S. Supreme Court that Oregon's criminal justice system would be "overwhelmed" if the nation's ...

Oregon defends past nonunanimous jury verdicts to high court

— Oregon's criminal justice system would be “overwhelmed” if the U.S. Supreme Court rules in an upcoming case that nonunanimous jury verdicts ...

Oregon Supreme Court Strikes Down Nonunanimous Jury Verdicts

The Oregon Supreme Court last month invalidated hundreds of felony convictions obtained under a 1934 law designed to exclude people of color from meaningful ...

Oregon Justice Department Warns Supreme Court About Scrapping ...

Last year, Oregon became the last state in the country that allows jurors to reach non-unanimous verdicts in criminal felony cases, after voters ...

Oregon Supreme Court Determines Unanimous Jury Requirement ...

In 1934, Oregon voters enacted a law that allowed for non-unanimous jury verdicts of 10-2 or 11-1 in most criminal cases. In 1972, in Apodaca v.

'Dirty secret' of Oregon jury system could go before U.S. Supreme ...

... last year when he asked a Multnomah Circuit. Court judge for a retrial following his non-unanimous jury conviction. ln aLO-2 vote last July ...

Oregon Supreme Court says people convicted by split juries ...

“Oregon discarded the common-law unanimous guilty verdict requirement … precisely becauseit can prevent racial, religious, and other such ...

Hundreds serving time in Oregon prisons eligible for new trial, state ...

The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that people convicted by nonunanimous juries have the right to a new trial. Before the U.S. Supreme Court ...

Lawyer fights for new trial for hundreds of Oregon people convicted ...

The Supreme Court ruled the non-unanimous verdicts violated the Sixth Amendment and overturned a 1972 decision by a prior court that upheld non- ...

Supreme Court overturns Oregon's nonunanimous jury law

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday overturned Oregon's controversial nonunanimous jury law, ruling jury verdicts in state courts must be ...

Oregon Supreme Court Rejects Hundreds of Convictions by ...

The Oregon Supreme Court ruled today that all prisoners convicted by nonunanimous juries must have their cases reconsidered.

Oregon Supreme Court finds hundreds convicted by nonunanimous ...

Oregon Supreme Court finds hundreds convicted by nonunanimous juries deserve new trial ... Archived post. New comments cannot be posted and votes ...

Oregon takes reins in justice reform over non-unanimous criminal ...

Oregon's top court decided on Dec. 30 that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision requiring unanimous verdicts for serious crimes applies ...

Media • Criminal Justice Reform Clinic (CJRC) • Lewis & Clark

Portland Tribune: Oregon's non-unanimous jury law under scrutiny (This story has been picked up by several other regional outlets including The East Oregonian, ...

Hundreds of Oregon criminal convictions overturned due to ...

Hundreds of felony convictions became invalid Friday after the Oregon Supreme Court struck down all nonunanimous jury verdicts reached before the practice was ...

What US states do not require unanimous verdict in a jury trial?

While most states follow the same requirement for felony convictions, at the time when Apodaca reached the U.S. Supreme Court, neither Oregon ...

The New York Times Issues a Scathing Assessment of Oregon's ...

She shouldn't be arguing for non-unanimous jury verdicts to the supreme Court at all. If she doesn't support it like she claims, the supreme ...

Non-unanimous Jury Verdicts: the Ramos and Watkins Decisions

Ackley, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled that the Ramos ruling applies retroactively (going backwards) under state law. This means that anyone who had a non- ...

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Bloomberg News: Jury Verdicts in Spotlight on Supreme Court's Opening Day. AP News, Oregon defends past nonunanimous jury verdicts to high court. The ...

Oregon Supreme Court finds hundreds convicted by nonunanimous ...

A Friday opinion by the Oregon Supreme Court offers clarity for people convicted in trials where not everyone on the jury agreed the ...