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for guilt or innocence, a unanimous decision is required. For sentencing, if death penalty is on the table and depending on the state, a non-unanimous decision usually reverts to life without parole. I believe some states do provide for a 3/4ths majority to exact a death sentence, but don't hold me to that.
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"no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything. You cannot conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him."
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