re: Law proposed to require unanimous decision for felonies

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All capital crimes in Louisiana, as in all those crimes that have the death penalty or life in prison as a sentence, currently require a unanimous jury verdict to convict.

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Actually, only cases in which the death penalty is a potential sentence require a unanimous verdict

all others are 10-2

Crimes that you can get life in prison if found guilty by a 10-2 verdict:
Second Degree Murder
Aggravated Rape
Aggravated Kidnapping

And while you need a unanimous verdict of First Degree Murder to move onto the death penalty phase, if only 10 people find the defendant guilty, he will still be sentenced to life, there is just no sentencing phase