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Sion Jenkins, yet another retrial
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How many times can he be retried, and how is it that it's happening at all after his original conviction was quashed?
How many times can he be retried, and how is it that it's happening at all after his original conviction was quashed?
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I'm not a fan of tied juries meaning someone is either retried again and again or set free. If the jury cannot agree I think that should be treated as a not guilty.
I personally would rather they were retried than found not guilty.
I've gone and looked it up in Archbold, the Crown Court Bible, as it were.
A jury must deliberate for at least 2 hours and 10 minutes before a direction of a majority verdict can be given by the trial judge.
An order is discretionary after that period of time.
In a jury of not less than eleven, 10 must agree. In a jury of 10, 9 must agree.
If there is one hung jury, then it is common practice for a second trial. If there is a second hung jury then it is common practice for the prosecution to formally offer no evidence.