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hung jury

NOUN
  1. a jury that is unable to agree on a verdict (the result is a mistrial)

How To Use hung jury In A Sentence

  • Her previous trial earlier this year resulted in a hung jury. Times, Sunday Times
  • Wilde survived his first trial with a hung jury, but, amid much murmuring amongst those in high places was convicted in his second trial.
  • In his first trial there was a hung jury, but in the second he was found guilty.
  • His first trial on obstruction charges ended in a hung jury. Times, Sunday Times
  • Well, Miles, each moment that ticks by increases the chances, of course, that there could be a hung jury in this case.
  • The first trial resulted in a hung jury, the jury couldn't reach a unanimous decision.
  • A retrial was necessary after the original trial ended with a hung jury.
  • Who, s to say Americans don, t elect another hung jury to Washington after next year, s presidential election?
  • Likewise, it is constitutionally acceptable to have a second trial after a first ends in a hung jury.
  • His first trial on obstruction charges ended in a hung jury. Times, Sunday Times
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