Nevada A.G. Ford Joins Coalition Rejecting Jury-Trial Verdict Requirements Historically Rooted in Racism and Anti-Semitism
June 19, 2019
June 19, 2019
CARSON CITY, Nevada, June 19 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release:
Today, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford today joined a coalition of nine Attorneys General in an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to recognize that the U.S. constitution requires unanimous verdicts by juries for convictions in state felony trials. Historically, states that allowed non-unanimous jury verdicts did so as a reaction to then-prevalent racist, anti-Semitic, and . . .
Today, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford today joined a coalition of nine Attorneys General in an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to recognize that the U.S. constitution requires unanimous verdicts by juries for convictions in state felony trials. Historically, states that allowed non-unanimous jury verdicts did so as a reaction to then-prevalent racist, anti-Semitic, and . . .