Louisiana voters will decide whether all jurors must agree in order to deliver a guilty verdict in felony cases, in a ballot measure that would overturn a Jim Crow-era statute and potentially raise the bar for convictions. The historically tough-on-crime state is one of only two—Oregon is the other—that require fewer than all members of a jury to determine guilt in felony cases. Now, a large bipartisan coalition of lawmakers, criminal-justice reformers and activist groups are pushing November’s Amendment 2, which would require...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 22, 2018 12:00 UTC