The Impact

Black Oregonians make up approximately 2% of the state population, which already makes it less likely they will be selected to be on a jury. And those who get arrested, prosecuted, and ultimately convicted in Oregon, as elsewhere, are disproportionately Black. The discriminatory purpose of non-unanimous juries was actualized and people of color, mostly Black defendants, were disportionately convicted by non-unanimous juries. They would have never been convicted and sent to prison anywhere else in the country.

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