instead, boult was sentenced to life in prison.make of that, the idea that two jurors said this guy's not guilty? >> well, at the time, to be honest, i was under the impression that you had to be convicted by a unanimous juries. >> reporter: you didn't realize this could happen. >> no. not at the time. i was young. i had never been to trial. >> reporter: and how did you feel when you realized that? >> i couldn't believe that i was going to be sentenced to spend the rest of my life in prison where two jurors found me not guilty. >> reporter: do you consider that an injustice? >> of course it is. of course it's an injustice. >> and wesley lowery joins us now. doesn't feel right, and voters in louisiana actually decided it is not right. they overturned this law three years ago. what happened? >> so it's a little bit complicated. as you guys noted, these laws were put in place following emancipation because louisiana wanted to take steps, they said this explicitly in the state legislature, to remain a system of white supremacy, keep it