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

by Thomas Aiello

Book Overview

A remnant of the racist post-Reconstruction Redeemer sociopolitical agenda, Louisiana's nonunanimous jury-verdict law permitted juries to convict criminal defendants with only nine, and later ten, out of twelve votes: a legal oddity. On the surface, it was meant to speed convictions. In practice, the law funneled many convicts--especially African Americans--into Louisiana's burgeoning convict lease system. Although it faced multiple legal challenges...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807172375
• ISBN13: 9780807172377
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"