How to Use hung jury in a Sentence

hung jury

noun

• The case went to trial in 2017 but ended in a hung jury.
  — William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• His first bribery trial in 2017 ended with a hung jury.
  — Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 16 July 2024
• The trial of a Euclid man charged in a string of armed robberies ended Monday with a hung jury.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 18 Sep. 2023
• The trial could also result in a hung jury or a not guilty verdict.
  — Will McDuffie, ABC News, 30 May 2024
• The first trial ended in November 2022 with a hung jury, but the judge opted to re-try the case in front of a new set of jurors.
  — Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 7 Sep. 2023
• He was tried first in 2007, which resulted in a hung jury and a mistrial.
  — Sophie Hanson, StyleCaster, 18 July 2024
• Raynor’s case was first tried before a jury in 2014, but ended in a mistrial due to a hung jury.
  — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2024
• The experts all seem to expect a hung jury, but Murdaugh is guilty as sin and deserves to be convicted.
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2023
• The Menendez brothers were tried twice for their parents’ murders, with the first trial ending in a hung jury.
  — Jaimie Ding, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2024
• However, the theory was thrown out and the trial ended in a hung jury.
  — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 20 Sep. 2024
• The trial of Dave Forbes, the first pro athlete to be indicted for a crime committed during play, ends in a hung jury.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
• Prosecutors dropped the case weeks after the hung jury.
  — Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
• Puckett said if the trial ended in a hung jury and Myers was tried again, a second jury might send him to the electric chair.
  — Ivana Hrynkiw | [e-mail], al, 26 Jan. 2023
• This trial was his second on corruption charges, with his first in 2017 ending in a hung jury.
  — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 16 July 2024
• Edgar Ray Killen, a part-time preacher and Klan leader who got off with a hung jury in the federal trial, was found guilty in state court of three counts of manslaughter.
  — Michael S. Williamson, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
• The first trial resulted in a hung jury, but she was found guilty of first-degree manslaughter in the second trial and sentenced to 23 years in prison.
  — Doc Louallen, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2024
• The first resulted in a hung jury because a decision on whether the crime was murder or manslaughter couldn’t be reached.
  — Sophie Hanson, StyleCaster, 11 July 2024
• Johnson’s first trial over killing McEntee ended in a hung jury.
  — Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2024
• The settlement comes just over two months after a civil trial ended in a hung jury, with eight of the 12 jurors voting to hold the city liable — one vote short of the nine required.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2023
• The trial ended in a hung jury just before Thanksgiving 2017.
  — Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• Hale and Ramsey's first trial for the murder of Henry Roan ended in a hung jury, but both men were found guilty of first-degree murder in a retrial.
  — Katie Rife, EW.com, 17 July 2023
• The first trial resulted in a hung jury, but the second ended in a first-degree murder conviction in 1996.
  — Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
• Each time, his trial ended with a hung jury or the conviction was reversed on appeal, and the prosecutor pursued the case again.
  — The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2023
• For a second time, Christopher Clements, 42, is facing first-degree murder and a host of other charges after a trial last year ended with a hung jury.
  — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 8 Feb. 2024
• Their initial 1993 trial, where they were tried jointly and with separate juries, ended in a hung jury.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Oct. 2024
• He was convicted on two counts, and the third count resulted in a hung jury with eight out of the jurors voting to convict the actor, according to Variety.
  — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 5 June 2023
• The second trial ended with a hung jury, and the third led to her murder conviction and a sentence of seven years to life with the possibility of parole.
  — Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2023
• His first trial, in October 1986, resulted in a hung jury.
  — Ivy Scott, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
• Menendez’s earlier trial on a different set of bribery allegations ended with a hung jury in 2017, and the case against him fell apart.
  — Shayna Jacobs, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
• Trump faces four possible verdicts: guilty on all counts, a split decision, a hung jury or acquittal.
  — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024