How to Use hung jury in a Sentence

hung jury

noun
  • The third count of rape resulted in a hung jury.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The first trial ended in a hung jury.
    — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 8 June 2026
  • The first trial ended in a hung jury.
    — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Her first trial ended in a hung jury.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 4 June 2026
  • The first, which was televised, ended with a hung jury.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2025
  • He was tried earlier but that ended in a hung jury.
    — Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The trial could also result in a hung jury or a not guilty verdict.
    — Will McDuffie, ABC News, 30 May 2024
  • This is her second trial, after her first ended last year in a hung jury.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 7 June 2025
  • The case was tried twice, the first ending in a hung jury and the second in acquittal.
    — Rafael Carranza, ProPublica, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The first proceedings ended in a hung jury.
    — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Read's first trial resulted in a hung jury.
    — Neal Riley, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Read's first trial ended in a mistrial due to a hung jury.
    — Kristina Rex, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Jurors split, with a hung jury, on murder and a gun enhancement.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Read's first trial ended in a mistrial due to hung jury.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • That it'll either get dismissed by a judge, there'll be a hung jury, there'll be an acquittal.
    — ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The first Menendez trial ended with a hung jury.
    — Ian Berry, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
  • His first trial ended in a hung jury in 2015.
    — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 26 Nov. 2025
  • This was her second trial, following a first that ended in a hung jury.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Demons’ first trial ended in a hung jury in the summer of 2023.
    — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Cordeiro’s first trial ended in a hung jury, as only one juror voted to convict him.
    — Landon Mion, Fox News, 23 Feb. 2025
  • However, the theory was thrown out and the trial ended in a hung jury.
    — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Hernandez first trial ended in a hung jury.
    — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Cordeiro's first trial ended in a hung jury, with only one juror voting to convict him.
    — CBS News, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Hernandez's first trial ended in a hung jury.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The verdict comes nearly a year after Read’s first trial ended in a hung jury.
    — Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 19 June 2025
  • He was suspended without pay after the trial, which ended with a hung jury.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Jones’ murder case was tried in March but resulted in a hung jury and mistrial.
    — Kairi Lowery, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026
  • However, the case has been marked by a series of delays after his first trial ended in a hung jury.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025
  • The first trial, with 11 defendants, ended in a hung jury.
    — Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The first trial ended in a hung jury; the second ended in a conviction for murder.
    — Alessa Dominguez, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024

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