In England, unanimous juries were relaxed in 1967 to allow majority ones (i.e. 10/12). The reason for this was because there was a number of jury intimidation cases. A criminal conspiracy need to get to one juror to make the whole case fall apart.
Was this consideration discussed by the supreme court in the USA?
Was this consideration discussed by the supreme court in the USA?
(edits - no results ctrl-f for "conspiracy", "intimidation", "mafia", "organized" in https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/18-5924_n6io.pdf )