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Puerto Rico's non-unanimous verdicts in peril after ruling

by Associated Press
| April 20, 2020 12:03 PM

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Defense attorneys in Puerto Rico are rushing to court to argue their clients are being held illegally after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that jury verdicts must be unanimous to convict in criminal trials.

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