(AP) - A new report by criminal justice advocates says more than 1,500 current Louisiana inmates were convicted by non-unanimous juries.
That includes 900 serving life sentences without parole eligibility.
The report was released Tuesday by the New Orleans-based Promise of Justice Initiative.
It comes ahead of a Dec. 2 hearing at the U.S. Supreme Court that could determine whether longstanding split-jury verdicts should be retroactively thrown out.
The high court has barred non-unanimous verdicts in future cases and those still on appeal.
The December hearing could determine the fate of those whose appeals are done.