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To: 2banana; Vigilanteman; FreedomPoster; Flick Lives

The verdict has to be unanimous in federal criminal prosecutions; verdicts with less than unanimity (such as 9 out of 12) in state prosecutions have been found not to violate the 5th or 6th Amendments as incorporated against the states.


35 posted on 09/11/2018 11:09:13 AM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll defend your rights?)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

Thanks, yes, I’ve learned a lot about non-unanimous juries in the U.S. in this thread.


36 posted on 09/11/2018 11:36:34 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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