hung jury
Trial ends inconclusively
A hung jury is a jury that cannot reach a verdict because jurors remain divided after extended deliberation.
When a jury hangs, the judge typically declares a mistrial, and prosecutors must decide whether to retry the case.
The first trial ended with a hung jury, split 7-5 for conviction.
Invalid court proceeding
- impasseSituation without resolution
- stalemateMutual obstruction preventing progress
- holdoutOne refusing to participate
- retrialFresh court proceeding
standoff · gridlock · standstill · logjam · paralysis · tie · draw · split
Jury's elected spokesperson
- sequestrationAct of setting apart
- verdictOfficial court decision
- unanimousComplete agreement among all
- majorityOver half of total
minority · polling · instructions · evidence · testimony · arguments · reasonable doubt · burden of proof
Invalid court proceeding
- retrialFresh court proceeding
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
- judgeOne who decides
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
defense · defendant · acquittal · conviction · dismissal · continuance · counsel · attorney
mistrial
Invalid court proceeding
- impasseSituation without resolution
- stalemateMutual obstruction preventing progress
- holdoutOne refusing to participate
retrial · standoff · gridlock · standstill · logjam · paralysis · tie · draw · split · division
foreperson
Jury's elected spokesperson
- sequestrationAct of setting apart
- verdictOfficial court decision
- unanimousComplete agreement among all
majority · minority · polling · instructions · evidence · testimony · arguments · reasonable doubt · burden of proof · beyond reasonable doubt
mistrial
Invalid court proceeding
prosecution · defense · defendant · acquittal · conviction · dismissal · continuance · counsel · attorney · bench
- juries
- courtroomjudge, oath taking, lawyer, bench, gavel
- courtroom expressionsobjection, sustained, overruled, all rise, guilty
- criminal trialarraignment, defense attorney, courtroom, criminal trial, prosecutor
- courtroom dramaobjection, surprise witness, hostile witness, mistrial, confession
- impassesimpasse, deadlock, stalemate, standstill, gridlock
hung juryunanimous verdict
Jury's fully shared decision
guilty verdict · not guilty verdict · conviction · acquittal · unanimous decision
hang, jury, jurisdiction, juries, juror, jurors, juridical, jurywoman, juryman