Oregon Supreme Court to determine scope of nonunanimous jury fallout Wednesday, August 19, 2020
OPB News
The Oregon Supreme Court is hearing a series of cases Tuesday that deal with nonunanimous juries, as the state grapples to determine the scope of the cases affected by a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling this spring that declared nonunanimous juries unconstitutional.
Five lead cases are before the Oregon Supreme Court. Each deals with a different set of issues surrounding nonunanimous jury verdicts and represent a number of underlying cases.
For example, one case looks at whether just the use of nonunanimous jury instructions violated the Constitution.
Read more at: https://www.opb.org/article/2020/08/18/nonunanimous-juries-oregon-supreme-court/