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How Two States Differ on the Injustice of Non-Unanimous Juries

Oregon and Louisiana eliminated the practice, which had white supremacist roots. But they differ on whether to retroactively overturn those convictions.

Closing Argument • 01.07.2023

The Truth About Trials

“We put together the most cumbersome and expensive trial system that the world has ever seen, and then we decided we can’t do it for all but a tiny, tiny portion of people.”

The System • 11.04.2020

A Growing Number of State Courts Are Confronting Unconscious Racism In Jury Selection

“A judge who deals with prosecutors every day is not going to say, ‘You intentionally discriminated on the basis of race, and you lied about it with pretextual reasons.’”

News • 05.11.2020

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