Tacuma Jackson
Tacuma Jackson was convicted by a non-unanimous jury in 2001. He was recently granted clemency and released from prison. Tacuma is a father and active in his community. Since he has been out he has joined the NAACP and he is on the board of Oregonians Against Slavery and Involuntary Servitude (OASIS). Tacuma also founded the Mary Kioana Foundation with his wife that deals with mental health, housing, substance abuse, domestic violence, and re-entry.
Lynn James-Jackson
Lynn is a mother, grandmother, and wife of Tucuma Jackson. Her heritage runs deep in the Pacific Northwest and is an enrolled tribal member of the Yakama Nation. She is a direct descendant of chief Kamayakin who signed the treaty of 1855 for the Confederate Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. Lynn has worked as a social worker for 29 years. This last summer while Tucuma was still in prison she spoke out at Black Lives Matter rallies about the injustice of non-unanimous juries.
Aliza Kaplan
Aliza Kaplan is an attorney and professor at Lewis and Clark Law School, where she is the director of the Criminal Justice Reform Clinic. She has worked for years to end convictions by non-unanimous juries. After the Supreme Court finally struck down non-unanimous jury convictions as unconstitutional in Ramos v. Louisiana, Aliza launched the Ramos Project to assist people whose cases may qualify for a retrial.
Cash Spencer
Cash Spencer served as a juror on a non-unanimous jury. She and the defendant were the only Black people in the courtroom. While she voted “not guilty,” her voice was silenced and the man was convicted by a now unconstitutional verdict. Since her voice was silenced through the court system, she decided it was important to use her voice to bring awareness to situations such as this. Cash is a native Oregonian and working on her masters degree.
Terrence Hayes
Terrence Hayes was convicted by a non-unanimous jury in 2004. The judge in his case was Ellen Ronseblum who is now the Attorney General of Oregon. Within months of his release from prison, his cousin Quanice Hayes was killed by the Portland police in 2017. Terrence now works as an electrician, is married, and has a blended family of 8. He is a leader with Liberation Literacy, which works with people in prison and outside to build social justice literacy. He is also a member of Oregon DA for the People.