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Non-unanimous verdicts at issue at Louisiana high court

Attorneys and backers of an effort to make a ban on non-unanimous jury verdicts retroactive in New Orleans gather on the steps of the state Supreme Court building, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, after the court heard arguments. (AP Photo/Kevin McGill)

FILE - This undated file photo released by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office shows Ronald Gasser. Gasser’s manslaughter conviction in the death of former NFL player Joe McKnight was tossed when non-unanimous verdicts were banned. The state Supreme Court, which hears arguments Tuesday, May 10, 2022, on whether other, older non-unanimous verdicts must be overturned, will also hear arguments on whether prosecutors can retry Gasser on a murder charge – a charge rejected by the jury that voted to convict him of the lesser manslaughter charge. (Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

FILE - The rear view on Chartres Street of the newly renovated home of the Louisiana Supreme Court, located in the French Quarter, New Orleans, is photographed Monday, May 10, 2004. Louisiana’s Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday, May 10, 2022, on whether a ban on non-unanimous jury verdicts must apply retroactively, a case that criminal justice advocates say would affect an estimated 1,500 people convicted before the U.S. Supreme Court prohibited such verdicts. (AP Photo/Judi Bottoni, File)

Non-unanimous verdicts at issue at Louisiana high court