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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Read's first trial ended in a mistrial due to hung jury.
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Matt Schooley, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
His first trial ended in a hung jury; his second produced a murder conviction that a federal appeals court overturned last year, setting up a forthcoming third trial where his lawyers again aim to suggest that Ramos was the real culprit.
—ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
The first proceedings ended in a hung jury.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
His first prosecution ended with a hung jury before his conviction on April 1, 2019.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2026
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Matt Schooley, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
His first trial ended in a hung jury; his second produced a murder conviction that a federal appeals court overturned last year, setting up a forthcoming third trial where his lawyers again aim to suggest that Ramos was the real culprit.
—ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
The first proceedings ended in a hung jury.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
His first prosecution ended with a hung jury before his conviction on April 1, 2019.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2026
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