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Originally Posted by Robbie
I don't know much about legal stuff...but how can they try you again for the same crime?
The first jury couldn't make up their minds right? That means some of them felt he was not guilty and others thought he was so it was a hung jury.
So these days the govt. can basically just keep trying you over and over until they finally get a jury that convicts you?  |
These days? Um.... hung juries have always allowed the prosecution to re-try someone. This is not new. This goes back about 230 years. A hung jury is not a verdict.