Brief History of Nonunanimous Jury Verdicts

The local NPR station in New Orleans provides a brief historical overview of Louisiana's split verdict jury system.  Only Louisiana and Oregon allow defendants to be convicted with 10-2 verdicts. Louisianans will have the opportunity in November to vote on whether to keep the old system or follow the 48 other states and require unanimous verdicts for all criminal trials.

To listen to the story go here.