hung jury

基本解释

Who, s to say Americans don, t elect another hung jury to Washington after next year, s presidential election?
谁能说在明年的美国大选年，美国人不会让白宫换个主人呢？
Police arrested a suspect four years later, but the man's trial ended in a hung jury, split 10-2 to acquit the man.
四年后警方逮捕了一名嫌疑人，但陪审团因意见不一而陷于僵持，有十人认为应该对该嫌犯无罪开释，另有两人意见相左。
The case ended in a hung jury; in conservative northern Virginia, it was another setback for the independent counsel and his tactics.
陪审团的僵局使得这个案子终止了；在保守的维吉尼亚州北部，斯塔尔和他的策略遭遇了另一个挫败。

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a situation in which a jury (= a group of people chosen to make a decision about a legal case) cannot agree on a verdict