deadlock

They signalled multiple times they were facing a deadlock - and at one point told the judge that one member of the panel was not following the judge's instructions on reasonable doubt.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

On Friday, the judge in the Lindsay Clancy case declared a mistrial after a week of jury deadlock.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

A deadlock among the jury such as this one happens in "complex and emotionally charged trials", Heather Cucolo, a New York Law School professor and expert in mental health law, told the BBC.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

U.S. stocks were mixed as deadlock in the Middle East offset relatively benign consumer-inflation data and an artificial-intelligence earnings bonanza.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Anticipating a deadlock on that topic, Archie changed directions.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

If the jury deadlocks after several days of deliberations and are unable to reach a unanimous verdict, the judge may declare a mistrial.

From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2024

And the agency’s board itself often deadlocks on matters of campaign finance enforcement.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 18, 2023

The mechanism was written into the constitution in 2008 as a tool to end deadlocks between the presidency and the legislature.

From New York Times ● May 17, 2023

Maryland lost its only games against Iowa and Rutgers, so those are deadlocks to be avoided.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023

Another plan, which evades the pressure of local interests while allowing district representation, also avoids the friction and deadlocks which result from government by a group of representatives of sharply opposed parties or principles.

From Problems of Conduct by Durant Drake

The judge declared a mistrial after a Massachusetts jury deadlocked after seven days of deliberations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The jury has been deadlocked 11-1 with the majority apparently leaning towards finding the 36-year-old Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

At this writing, the jury does not appear close to a verdict in the Clancy case, and may well be deadlocked.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

Jurors in the trial of Lindsay Clancy are deadlocked after four days of deliberations.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

He stood in front of the car, waiting for them to push him in, his eyes wide with astonishment, his impulses deadlocked, trying to remember something.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

A previous trial against Atkins earlier this year ended with jurors acquitting him of first-degree murder and deadlocking on a second-degree murder charge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

But the second pathway makes it complicated, because there are 17 deadlocking nations in pots one, two and three.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025

The case ended embarrassingly for the Justice Department, with the jury deadlocking on five of the six felony counts and acquitting him on the last one.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 4, 2023

Jurors deliberated for several days, deadlocking more than once, prompting the judge to urge them to continue deliberating to reach a unanimous verdict.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2023

One day during afternoon rec, when I was deadlocking all the cells, he called me back to his.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover