"Oregon for 84 years has shared a constitutional quirk with Louisiana that allows criminal trials to be decided by non-unanimous juries. In every other state — and the federal court system — juries must reach unanimous verdicts in felony cases, whether convicting a serial arsonist or acquitting a low-level drug dealer...That is not the case here, to the shock and chagrin of many locals."

The Advocate

May 12, 2018