. >> reporter: oregon attorney general ellen rosenblum applauded ramos, calling split- jury verdicts embarrament to our otherwise progressive state." but she has filed a supreme court brief in the edwards case stating oregon "has a compelling interest in the finality of its convictions," and retroactivity would have "a significant impact on crime victims and requires retrials years after the fact when key evidence may be gone." in louisiana, the state has given a deadline to those wishing to contest their non- unanimous convictions, an estimated 1,600 of them. they have until april 20 of this year, one year since the ramos decision. some 340 of those are in new orleans parish, where recently elected district attorney jason williams is addressing them with what he calls the undoing jim crow juries civil rights initiative. this, as the promise of justice initiative has been inundated with requests from others hoping to file to have their own cases reconsidered. the small organization is managing to represent some 850 of them with volunteer help from about 700 lawyers across the country