4/30/2020: Supreme Court says unanimous verdicts required in state criminal trials for serious offenses - Bitter Taste for Coffee Shop Owner as New $600 Jobless Benefit Drove Her to Close

Today's Article: Supreme Court says unanimous verdicts required in state criminal trials for serious offenses
From: CNN
Readability Score: 14.9

The right to a jury trial has been a cornerstone principle of individual rights for centuries in the Western world. But can a majority decide, or is a conviction only valid if the decision is unanimous? The Supreme Court recently decided, in a split vote, that unanimity is required for serious cases. Learn more about this decision, and some factors behind it, in today's article. Then study more about the slow struggle toward full equality in izzit's The U.S. Constitution & Black History.

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Readability Score: 9.9

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The U.S. Constitution & Black History course (available to educators as either an online course or as a course module that can be loaded into an LMS) examines how the laws of the United States, starting with the Constitution itself, have impacted the history of black Americans. It covers important Supreme Court cases like Dred Scott, Plessy v. Ferguson, and Brown v. Board of Ed. How have we moved toward a more inclusive nation? One that strives to live up to the words Thomas Jefferson penned in the Declaration of Independence, "...all men are created equal"?

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Participants are required to complete the course in sequence and must view at least 90% of each video and complete any quizzes in order to proceed to the next segment.

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