High court orders retrials for some inmates
State justices extend right to around 300 convicted by nonunanimous juries but whose cases were final. U.S. ruling in 2020 applied to 500 whose cases were still in process or
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State justices extend right to around 300 convicted by nonunanimous juries but whose cases were final. U.S. ruling in 2020 applied to 500 whose cases were still in process or
A Friday opinion by the Oregon Supreme Court offers clarity for people convicted in trials where not everyone on the jury agreed the convicted person was guilty.
Hundreds of defendants in Oregon who were convicted of crimes by non-unanimous juries before the U.S. Supreme Court struck down such jury verdicts have a right to a new trial, under a decision issued by the state's supreme court on Friday.
Until recently, Oregon was one of only two states that allowed people to be convicted by a non-unanimous jury verdict.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Hundreds of defendants in Oregon who were convicted of crimes by non-unanimous juries before the U.S. Supreme Court struck down such jury verdicts have a right to a new trial, under a decision issued by the state's supreme court on Friday.