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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Even with that change from the initial trial, which ended in a hung jury, jurors split on a charge relating to Masterson’s former longtime girlfriend.
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Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 19 Apr. 2025
The monthslong trial ended in a hung jury on July 1.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
The trial, which included allegations of police misconduct and of a wide-ranging conspiracy among law enforcement officers to frame Read in the killing, ended in a hung jury.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 31 Mar. 2025
Read filed a writ of certiorari this week after an appellate court denied her request to have charges of murder and fleeing the scene dropped from her second trial after the first ended with a hung jury last year.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 19 Apr. 2025
The monthslong trial ended in a hung jury on July 1.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
The trial, which included allegations of police misconduct and of a wide-ranging conspiracy among law enforcement officers to frame Read in the killing, ended in a hung jury.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 31 Mar. 2025
Read filed a writ of certiorari this week after an appellate court denied her request to have charges of murder and fleeing the scene dropped from her second trial after the first ended with a hung jury last year.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Hung jury.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hung%20jury. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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