What is a 'hung jury'?

What is a 'hung jury'?

When the jury is hung it means that they're stuck. They're in a place where they know they're never going to get to a consensual verdict where everybody agrees on the verdict. It's okay to have a hung jury. A hung jury again is when not everybody agrees on the verdict, and so you need to let the judge know you've been deliberating in good faith. You can't agree on a verdict, and he or she will probably ask you to deliberate a little more and you still may not agree on a verdict. That's a hung jury, and that means there will be a re-trial. That's okay.