Hung jury

jury that cannot reach a unanimous verdict in a legal trial, jury that is unable to arrive at a unanimous decision

This does not cite its references or sources.You can help Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. A hung jury is a jury that cannot agree upon a verdict after an extended period of deliberation and is deadlocked with irreconcilable differences of opinion.In the United States, the result is a mistrial, and the case may be retried. Some jurisdictions permit the court to give the jury a so-called Allen charge, inviting the dissenting jurors to re-examine their opinions, as a last ditch effort to prevent the jury from hanging. Juries in criminal cases are generally required to reach a unanimous verdict, while juries in civil cases typically have to reach some set level of majority consensus short of unanimity. In jurisdictions giving the litigants a choice of jury size (such as between a six-person and twelve-person jury), defense counsel in both civil and criminal cases frequently opt for the larger number of jurors. A hung jury is generally regarded as the next best thing to an acquittal, so the larger size of the jury increases the chances of dissension. A common axiom in criminal cases is that "it takes only one to hang," referring to the fact that, in some cases, a single juror can defeat the necessary unanimity.
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Noun
1. a jury that is unable to agree on a verdict (the result is a mistrial)
(hypernym) jury
(classification) law, jurisprudence

A jury is required to make a unanimous or near unanimous verdict. - (read more on Hung jury)