In jim crows last stand thomas aiello tells the story of louisianas jury rule a provision that allows criminal convictions in cases where only nine out of twelve jurors vote to convict while most states require a unanimous jury in criminal cases louisiana does not an aberration that aiello attributes to post civil war redeemer politics. 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. A remnant of the racist post reconstruction redeemer sociopolitical agenda louisianas nonunanimous jury verdict law permitted juries to convict criminal defendants with only nine and later ten out of twelve votes a legal oddity on the surface it was meant to speed convictions in practice the law funneled many convicts especially african americans into louisianas burgeoning . 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 . This updated edition of jim crows last stand unpacks the origins of the statute in bourbon louisiana traces its survival through the civil rights era and ends with the successful effort to overturn the nonunanimous jury practice a policy that officially went into effect on january 1 2019