Jim Crow's Last Stand - Nonunanimous Criminal Jury Verdicts in Louisiana (Paperback)

A remnant of the racist post-Reconstruction Redeemer sociopolitical agenda, Louisiana's nonunanimous jury-verdict law permitted juries to convict criminal defendants with only nine, and later ten, out of twelve votes: a legal oddity. On the surface, it was meant to speed convictions. In practice, the law funneled many convicts- especially African Americans- into Louisiana's burgeoning convict lease system. Although it faced multiple legal challenges through the years, the law endured well after convict leasing had ended. Few were aware of its existence, let alone its original purpose. In fact, the original publication of Jim Crow's Last Stand was one of the first attempts to call attention to the historical injustice caused by this law. This updated edition of Jim Crow's Last Stand unpacks the origins of the statute in Bourbon Louisiana, traces its survival through the civil rights era, and ends with the successful effort to overturn the nonunanimous jury practice, a policy that officially went into effect on January 1, 2019.

General

Imprint:	Louisiana State University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2019
Authors:	Thomas Aiello
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	216
ISBN-13:	978-0-8071-7237-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > History > History of other lands Promotions
LSN:	0-8071-7237-5
Barcode:	9780807172377

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