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What (who) is hung jury - definition
Hung jury
LEGAL TERM FOR A JURY THAT CANNOT AGREE ON A VERDICT
Hung Jury; Hung juries; Unanimous verdict; Requirement of a unanimous verdict in jury trials; Deadlocked jury; Jury deadlock; Jury deadlocked; Jury hung
A hung jury, also called a deadlocked jury, is a judicial jury that cannot agree upon a verdict after extended deliberation and is unable to reach the required unanimity or supermajority. Hung jury usually results in the case being tried again.
hung jury
LEGAL TERM FOR A JURY THAT CANNOT AGREE ON A VERDICT
Hung Jury; Hung juries; Unanimous verdict; Requirement of a unanimous verdict in jury trials; Deadlocked jury; Jury deadlock; Jury deadlocked; Jury hung
n. slang for a hopelessly deadlocked jury in a criminal case, in which neither side is able to prevail. Usually it means there is no unanimous verdict (although in Oregon and Louisiana 10 of 12 jurors can convict or acquit). If the jury is hung the trial judge will declare a mistrial. A new trial from scratch, with a new jury panel, is required. The prosecutor can decide not to re-try the case, particularly if a majority of the jury favored acquittal.
See also: dismissal jury mistrial trial
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SWORN BODY OF PEOPLE CONVENED TO RENDER A VERDICT OFFICIALLY SUBMITTED TO THEM BY A COURT, OR TO SET A PENALTY OR JUDGMENT
Juror; Juries; Jurors; Jury of one's peers; Blue ribbon jury; Blue-Ribbon Jury; Jury panel; Jury of peers; Traverse jury; Jury box; Alternate juror; Blue ribbon juries; Jury foreman; Jury forewoman; Jury foreperson
(juries)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
In a court of law, the jury is the group of people who have been chosen from the general public to listen to the facts about a crime and to decide whether the person accused is guilty or not.
The jury convicted Mr Hampson of all offences.
...the tradition of trial by jury.
N-COUNT-COLL: also by N
2.
A jury is a group of people who choose the winner of a competition.
I am not surprised that the Booker Prize jury included it on their shortlist.
= panel
N-COUNT-COLL
3.
If you say that the jury is out or that the jury is still out on a particular subject, you mean that people in general have still not made a decision or formed an opinion about that subject.
The jury is out on whether or not this is true...
PHRASE: oft PHR on wh/n
Examples of use of hung jury
1. Palmera‘s first trial ended in November with a hung jury.
2. A trial of Everhart and Roy McCann ended in a hung jury in March.
3. A hung jury was declared May 8 after four days of deliberations.
4. Canela and Espinoza‘s first trial in 2005 ended in a hung jury.
5. Federal prosecutors are considering whether to retry Arian on the hung–jury counts.