Aliza Kaplan

Aliza B. Kaplan is professor and director of the Criminal Justice Reform Clinic (CJRC) at Lewis & Clark Law School.

Author's Entries

  • Non-Unanimous Jury Law in Oregon

    In 1934, Oregon amended its constitution to allow for non-unanimous jury verdicts in criminal cases, excluding cases where a defendant is on trial for first-degree murder. That change to the state constitution made Oregon one of only two states (the other is Louisiana) that allowed non-unanimous jury convictions in criminal …

    Oregon Encyclopedia