hung jury
noun
law
: a jury whose members cannot agree about what the verdict should be
The trial ended with a hung jury and the judge declared a mistrial.
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Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman accused of running down her boyfriend, is going on trial for murder again, a year after her first trial ended in a hung jury — and threw her case into an even brighter national spotlight.
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 28 Mar. 2025
But jurors failed to reach an agreement after the first trial, which ended in a hung jury after days of deliberations.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Two men have been convicted, and another case that ended in a hung jury is expected to be retried later this year.
—CBS News, 22 Mar. 2025
In a narrative that was a bit more polished than the first time around last fall, which ended in a hung jury, Deputy District Attorney Jeffrey Hightower said that Adel Ramos should be put to death for the ambush-style shooting of 26-year-old police rookie Tara O’Sullivan.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2025
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 28 Mar. 2025
But jurors failed to reach an agreement after the first trial, which ended in a hung jury after days of deliberations.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Two men have been convicted, and another case that ended in a hung jury is expected to be retried later this year.
—CBS News, 22 Mar. 2025
In a narrative that was a bit more polished than the first time around last fall, which ended in a hung jury, Deputy District Attorney Jeffrey Hightower said that Adel Ramos should be put to death for the ambush-style shooting of 26-year-old police rookie Tara O’Sullivan.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Hung jury.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hung%20jury. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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