Comment on Accused killer of US insurance CEO pleads not guilty to 'terrorist' murder

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chuckleslord@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

The current position of federal and state courts is that the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments require unanimous verdicts to convict a criminal defendant.

RAMOS v. LOUISIANA (2020) extended the 6th amendments right to a conviction by unanimous verdict through the 14th Amendment.

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