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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Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman whose widely watched murder trial ended with a hung jury last year, was acquitted of second-degree murder Wednesday after prosecutors retried her in the 2022 death of her boyfriend, a Boston police officer.
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Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 18 June 2025
This will be the second time a jury deliberates over Read’s fate, after her first trial last year ended in a hung jury.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 12 June 2025
The pair testified for the prosecution at Jackson’s first trial, which ended in a hung jury, as well as at the second trial, which ended in a conviction.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 6 May 2025
This is her second trial, after her first ended last year in a hung jury.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 7 June 2025
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Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 18 June 2025
This will be the second time a jury deliberates over Read’s fate, after her first trial last year ended in a hung jury.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 12 June 2025
The pair testified for the prosecution at Jackson’s first trial, which ended in a hung jury, as well as at the second trial, which ended in a conviction.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 6 May 2025
This is her second trial, after her first ended last year in a hung jury.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 7 June 2025
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“Hung jury.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hung%20jury. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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