From the San Fran Chronicle:
The Supreme
Court has passed up another chance to deal with an anomaly of constitutional
law that requires federal juries to reach unanimous verdicts in criminal cases,
but allows states to make different rules.
The court on Tuesday rejected
the appeal of the rapper known as C-Murder, who is serving a life sentence for
killing a 16-year-old fan in Louisiana. A jury voted 10-2 to convict the rapper,
whose real name is Corey
Miller.
Louisiana and Oregon are the
only two states that allow for non-unanimous convictions for some crimes.
The justices recently have
rejected similar appeals asking them to treat state and federal trials equally.
Decisions involving gun rights and other issues generally require states to
extend the same constitutional rights as the federal government.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/High-court-reject-s-rapper-C-Murder-s-appeal-4289815.php#ixzz2LVrwk4GX
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/High-court-reject-s-rapper-C-Murder-s-appeal-4289815.php#ixzz2LVrwk4GX
The court made the decision- it is up to the States to decide how to find a person guilty and more states ought to follow Louisiana and Oregon and allow for non-unanimous verdicts.
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