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3454019Jim Crows Last Standhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/jim-crows-last-stand-9780807159019/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2699686/5b842e1f-3dd6-44f8-9e90-681b031005e8.jpg?v=638384332610570000367386MXNLSU PressInStock/Ebooks/<p>The last remnant of the racist Redeemer agenda in the Louisianas legal system, the nonunanimous jury-verdict law permits juries to convict criminal defendants with only ten out of twelve votes. A legal oddity among southern states, the ordinance has survived multiple challenges since its ratification in 1880. Despite the laws long history, few are aware of its existence, its original purpose, or its modern consequences. At a time when Louisianas penal system has fallen under national scrutiny, Jim Crows Last Stand presents a timely, penetrating, and concise look at the history of this laws origins and its troubling legacy.</p><p>The nonunanimous jury-verdict law originally allowed a guilty verdict with only nine juror votes, funneling many of those convicted into the states burgeoning convict lease system. Yet the law remained on the books well after convict leasing ended. Historian Thomas Aiello describes the origins of the statute in Bourbon Louisiana-a period when white Democrats sought to redeem their state after Reconstruction-its survival through the civil rights era of the 1950s and 1960s, and the Supreme Courts decision in Johnson v. Louisiana (1972), which narrowly validated the states criminal conviction policy.</p><p>Spanning over a hundred years of Louisiana law and history, Jim Crows Last Stand investigates the ways in which legal policies and patterns of incarceration contribute to a new form of racial inequality.</p>...3389963Jim Crows Last Stand367386https://www.gandhi.com.mx/jim-crows-last-stand-9780807159019/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2699686/5b842e1f-3dd6-44f8-9e90-681b031005e8.jpg?v=638384332610570000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20159780807159019_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_<p>The last remnant of the racist Redeemer agenda in the Louisianas legal system, the nonunanimous jury-verdict law permits juries to convict criminal defendants with only ten out of twelve votes. A legal oddity among southern states, the ordinance has survived multiple challenges since its ratification in 1880. Despite the laws long history, few are aware of its existence, its original purpose, or its modern consequences. At a time when Louisianas penal system has fallen under national scrutiny, Jim Crows Last Stand presents a timely, penetrating, and concise look at the history of this laws origins and its troubling legacy.</p><p>The nonunanimous jury-verdict law originally allowed a guilty verdict with only nine juror votes, funneling many of those convicted into the states burgeoning convict lease system. Yet the law remained on the books well after convict leasing ended. Historian Thomas Aiello describes the origins of the statute in Bourbon Louisiana-a period when white Democrats sought to redeem their state after Reconstruction-its survival through the civil rights era of the 1950s and 1960s, and the Supreme Courts decision in Johnson v. Louisiana (1972), which narrowly validated the states criminal conviction policy.</p><p>Spanning over a hundred years of Louisiana law and history, Jim Crows Last Stand investigates the ways in which legal policies and patterns of incarceration contribute to a new form of racial inequality.</p>...9780807159019_LSU Presslibro_electonico_a0a5582f-2d1c-3c58-bf96-2c28a7c82779_9780807159019;9780807159019_9780807159019Thomas AielloInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/ingram30-epub-539f3c0e-e8d8-493e-a1fa-7263b2014acf.epub2015-05-04T00:00:00+00:00LSU Press