377 Two jurors holding decision up, outright citing backlash, per US Marshal in Kenosha (twitter.com) posted 3 years ago by Taffy333 3 years ago by Taffy333 +377 / -0 107 comments share 107 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Yup….can happen multiple times depending on the judge. The foreman need to tell the judge that they are hopelessly deadlocked…if not, he’ll send them back to review the evidence again.
How can there be a deadlock? From what I've been reading (I've never even been in a court), the verdict of guilty must be unanimous, I believe(d).
Do all 12 jurors have to agree on either guilty or not guilty???
No not necessarily but then you have a hung jury which means it could be tried again. There are other issues. I only know about a hung jury.
In order to convict yes. In criminal trials it has to be unanimous.