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Across Louisiana, hundreds of individuals remain incarcerated under a system that has already been declared unconstitutional. For decades, people could be convicted by non-unanimous jury verdicts — 10–2 decisions that denied the full protection of a unanimous jury. While this practice has since been ruled unconstitutional, many individuals are still serving sentences under those verdicts today. House Bill 219 (HB 219)  represents a critical step toward addressing this injusti