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Supreme Court Issues Ruling on Unanimous Jury Verdict Requirement The U.S. Supreme Court on May 17 reiterated that the Constitution requires unanimous jury verdicts for state criminal trials, but it doesn’t apply retroactively, which denies relief to thousands of inmates who were found guilty via divided juries. The court ruled 6–3 (pdf) to reaffirm last year’s decision that the Constitution requires a unanimous conviction. However, this time around, the Supreme Court argued in its majority opinion that it didn’t necessitate reopening closed cases. Justice Brett Kavanaugh provided the majority opinion and was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Amy Coney Barrett. The three members of the liberal wing of the court Justices Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan, and Sonia Sotomayor dissented.

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