On shaky ground, SCOTUS dismisses notion of restorative justice
Legal On shaky ground, SCOTUS dismisses notion of restorative justice Hassan Kanu 7 minute read The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday issued a decision that amounts to a policy choice against courts correcting miscarriages of justice in state criminal trials. The high court decided that its ruling last term, which held that the Constitution requires jury verdicts in criminal trials to be unanimous, doesn't apply to those already convicted. The decision in Edwards v. Vannoy is a loss for Thedrick Edwards and hundreds more in Louisiana and Oregon, the only two states that allow non-unanimous verdict...
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