/tags/jury jury en-US Copyright Tue, 21 Apr 2020 09:38:00 GMT /news-partners/2020-04-21/supreme-court-guarantees-right-to-unanimous-verdict-in-serious-criminal-trials The justices struck down laws in two states that allowed convictions for serious crimes without unanimous jury verdicts. Tue, 21 Apr 2020 09:38:00 GMT /news-partners/2020-04-21/supreme-court-guarantees-right-to-unanimous-verdict-in-serious-criminal-trials Nina Totenberg /news-partners/2017-03-06/supreme-court-allows-prying-into-jury-deliberations-if-racism-is-perceived The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-3 decision that trial courts may look into jury deliberations if there is clear evidence of racial bias. Deliberations are normally off-limits after a verdict. Tue, 07 Mar 2017 00:03:00 GMT /news-partners/2017-03-06/supreme-court-allows-prying-into-jury-deliberations-if-racism-is-perceived Nina Totenberg