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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McCabe played a central role in Read’s first trial, which ended in a hung jury in July 2024.
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Michael Loria, USA Today, 1 May 2025
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.
—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
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Michael Loria, USA Today, 1 May 2025
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.
—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
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“Hung jury.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hung%20jury. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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