Jury Rights Timeline
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Updated: 3 Apr 2023
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West Virginia joins the UnionConfederates surrender to UnionCongress passes the first Reconstruction ActVirginia voters approve of their new Virginia ConstitutionVirginia formally readmitted to the UnionFights begin between the white Shelton family and black Patrick County VirginiaBurwell Reynolds stabs Aaron Shelton in the backAaron Shelton diesAll-white grand juries indict both Reynolds brothers for 1st-degree murder.Trials for the Reynolds brothers, all-white juries convict Burwell and Lee of 1st and 2nd degree murder, respectively.Virginia Supreme Court set aside the verdict for Lee and orders a new trial. Judge Treadway set aside Burwell's conviction at the request of the defense.All-white juries again convict both brothers, but add MORE time to Lee's conviction.Defense attorneys petition federal judge Alexander Rives, he takes the brothers from Virginia custody and places them under Federal custodyVirginia legislature approves a report defending its handling of the cases and accusing Rives of over-reach. Attorney General Field instructed to appeal to the Supreme Court.Rives convenes grand juries to investigate jury selection among several counties with a suspicious history of all-white juries.Rives' grand jury indicts 5 judges for violating the 14th amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1875Supreme Court hears arguments in the Virginia casesSupreme Court makes a decision on the casesPeriods
Reconstruction era
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