Calls to end 'majority jury verdicts' after research into wrong convictions
1967 law ended a centuries-old requirement that all twelve members of a jury must be in agreement
Source: islingtontribune.co.uk
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1967 law ended a centuries-old requirement that all twelve members of a jury must be in agreement
Report calls for reintroduction of jury unanimity to safeguard against wrongful criminal convictions
Study by Appeal finds there was a desire to dilute influence of minority ethnic and working-class jurors