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In Louisiana, more than 1,000 incarcerated people convicted by a non-unanimous jury have filed to reopen their cases, according to the Promise of Justice Initiative, a New Orleans-based legal nonprofit organization. The announcement comes a year after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that determined that a Louisiana law allowing verdicts by non-unanimous juries violated the constitutional right to a fair trial. Oregon was the only other state prior to the Ramos v. Louisiana decision that allowed these types of verdicts where only 10 out of 12 members of the jury are needed to find a defendant guilty.  The Jim Crow-era law has had a disproportionate impact on the Black community in Louisiana and has also served to silence the voices of Black jurors, criminal justice advocates say. The measure dates back to Louisiana’s 1898 Constitutional Convention, whose mission according to committee member Thomas Semmes, “was to establish the supremacy of the white race in this state to

United statesMaria clarkThomas semmesPromise of justice initiativeUs supreme courtConstitutional conventionBlack americansJustice initiativeNew orleans basedJim crow eraஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில்மரியா கிளார்க்தாமஸ் செம்மேஸ்ப்ராமிஸ் ஆஃப் நீதி முயற்சிஎங்களுக்கு உச்ச நீதிமன்றம்அரசியலமைப்பு மாநாடு