mistrial in the PONS Dictionary

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Despite the judge's refusal to present the juries with self-defense instructions, the first trials both ended with hung juries and were declared mistrials.
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The first mistrial was for jury tampering and the second mistrial was a hung jury.
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The first attempt at a trial ended with a mistrial and a hung jury.
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The first trial ended in a mistrial, the second in a jury deadlock.
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A request by the defence lawyers to declare a mistrial was turned down by the judge.
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He said the jury found the responsibility of weighing the death sentence overwhelming, but were horrified when their efforts ended in a mistrial.
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The eventual trial of these three was declared by the presiding judge to be a mistrial due to a hung jury.
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To avoid any chance of a mistrial, he was indicted on nine charges, including one of forgery.
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Following trial the jury could not reach agreement on the remaining counts, and the judge declared a mistrial.
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I think we were horrified when we found out that they had actually called a mistrial, and we felt like we had failed.
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