Louisiana Supreme Court Denies Retrial for Nonunanimous Jury Convictions After Practice Ruled Unconstitutional

A divided Supreme Court of Louisiana ruled that a prohibition connected nonunanimous assemblage verdicts volition not beryllium applied retroactively, which means up to 1,500 inmates who were convicted by divided juries volition not get a caller trial. The ruling (pdf) connected Oct. 21 successful State of Louisiana v. Reddick, tribunal record 2021-KP-01893, comes retired of the entreaty of Reginald Reddick, who challenged his 10-2 condemnation for a 1993 second-degree execu...