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Re:Supreme Court says criminal convictions require unanimous... by tunesmith on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @01:54AM (#22932389)
I'm not sure what you meant by your last sentence. Do you mean the purpose of the unanimous jury was to preserve white supremacy? Or do you mean that the purpose of Williams' argument against the unanimous jury was to preserve white supremacy?
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Re:Supreme Court says criminal convictions require unanimous... by icelancer on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @02:02AM (#22932430)
Gorsuch is saying that the point of a non-unanimous jury was to advance racist policies, and that this was widely accepted to be true.
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Re:Supreme Court says criminal convictions require unanimous... by simonh on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @03:17AM (#22932758)
In fact it was plainly stated by proponents of non-unanimous juries when they were introduced, as pointed out in the article.
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