Jim Crow's Last Stand : Nonunanimous Criminal Jury Verdicts in Louisiana /

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The last remnant of the racist Redeemer agenda in Louisiana's legal system, the nonunanimous jury-verdict law permits juries to convict criminal defendants with only ten out of twelve votes. A legal oddity among southern states, the ordinance has survived multiple challenges since its ratificat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aiello, Thomas, 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Jury.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice penale > Louisiane > Histoire.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > Louisiana > History.
Jury > Louisiana.
Louisiana.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The plight of Frank Johnson
  • The politics of transfer
  • The creation of convict lease
  • The triumph of the redeemers
  • The whisper in the crowd
  • The burden of precedent
  • The vagaries of due process
  • The decision in Johnson
  • The ghost in the machine
  • The trial of Derrick Todd Lee.

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