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 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.
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Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Proctor was relieved from his post with the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office immediately after Read’s nine-week trial ended with a hung jury last summer.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2025
Read's murder trial ended with a hung jury on July 1, 2024.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025
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.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 28 Mar. 2025
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Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Proctor was relieved from his post with the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office immediately after Read’s nine-week trial ended with a hung jury last summer.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2025
Read's murder trial ended with a hung jury on July 1, 2024.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025
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.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Hung jury.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hung%20jury. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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