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Alma
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Alma

The non-unanimous jury was completely unconstitutional and Oregon fought hard to keep it, being the last state in the country to get rid of what was well known as a Jim Crow law. And yet Oregon continues to do things that are unconstitutional, such as not provide enough public defenders.

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Rick Allen
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Rick Allen

Anything else is Unconstitutional.

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Norbert Waldbillig
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Norbert Waldbillig

Because a non-unanimous verdict means there is reasonable doubt

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Latterdaysaint
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Latterdaysaint

the courts have no problem sending someone to prison for life with a simple majority, but 11-1 jury? Unconstitutional! P.S. He’s the obviously innocent nephew of Stephen Avery from Making A Murderer.

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Manuel Bermudez
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Manuel Bermudez

I’m wondering why he didn’t get the death penalty. My wife thinks that South Carolina doesn’t have the death penalty. Just wondering …

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Christopher Watson
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Christopher Watson

Why not? They disrupt someone's life by not investigating the case good enough, so yeah you have to pay for destroying someone's life.

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Stephanie l. meals
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Stephanie l. meals

There is no amount of money that can make up for the amount of time they have lost. But monetary compensation can help atone for the loss of income, loss of opportunity, and loss of education. It is also a way of apologizing for the wrongs this person has needlessly suffered and help for a new start

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Shamande Smith
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Shamande Smith

This poor man's case is the exact reason why police should be made to carry malpractice insurance. The great state of Missouri took something from this man that he will never get back and that is time.

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Max DeYoung
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Max DeYoung

I also believe anyone that willfully participated in a wrongful conviction, should serve the sentence that individual was given, in full.

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Shamande Smith
Shamande Smith

Man tell it, I didn't think of it like that but you're correct if you think of all the damage that's really caused the cost of board. The only logical way to stave off bad policing is the balance the consequences.

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