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>> george alex, what can the judge do if that happens? >> its a possibility. its less likely in the case where the jury has been sequestered. theyre going to bond better than a mixed jury but they will be bonding and talking about their families because they couldnt talk about the case until now, until the deliberations. when you bond like that its easier to reach a consensus. the judge brings them out. she sends them back and ask them to continue and if it seems like theyre at an em pass shell ...

Jury could come back in and say we just cant reach a decision. she would then give a dynamite charge or an allen charge which in plain english is get back in there and keep working. try harder. were not going to get a better jury than you. youve already come this far and keep trying. they go back in and bang heads and reach a resolution or something continues to hold out. if somebody described you based on race, gender, occupation. >> in two paragraphs. >> how much would that tell you about how ...

Would a hung jury look like? is it just one person that can say -- >> exactly. >> with six people, its a little easier to come to a decircumstance isnt it? >> it is. a lot of juries come back initially and say were stuck. we cant get through it. the judge gives them a dynamite charge or an allen charge, which is a nice language get back in there, keep deliberating, were not going to get another jury better than you. so theyre going to be pushed to try to get to a verdict. >> all right. theres be...

You. i have sat for weeks upon weeks and im sorry to announce that especially for all the tv people who are sitting in 100 degrees waiting for a verdict, but its not a perfect science. i will say this, suzanne, once the judge gives an alan charge, a dynamite charge or whatever your jurisdiction calls it, it usually doesnt last that long. i dont know if i recall any case, especially a first-degree murder case after conviction, whereby a judge has dynamited the jury and then waited weeks and weeks...

Have its privacy. it needs to be able to speak openly with one another. it needs to be able to conjure and convince and not fully badger one another. they have to be able to do this and trust they can just be amongst themselves in their discussion. so i dont even know whether were talking about one holdout, a half and half panel or some other permutation of this. but i always find this a very fascinating science. i always find it, this is our jurisprudence playing out the way it should. the one ...

Death penalty case. >> the judge could have said that, look, i know you think you have a decision. talk more? >> absolutely. the judge could have forced them to go back and she could have given another allen charge, called the dynamite charge and forced continued deliberation. at least through friday. but there must be such a split here that judge must have said there is no process. >> there were questions that jury posed. we dont know the questions. but there were questions. i have to disagree ...

Jodi arias. will she live or will she die? but this jury has announced to judge sherry stevens in this courtroom just in the last few moments that they are unable to reach a unanimous verdict on life or death. again, the jury announcing to the judge they are unable to agree on a unanimous verdict. and in this state, it is required that the jury is unanimous on either life or death. if it is life, it is the judge who decides if it is natural life forever or life with the possibility of a parole o...

An alternate brought in, in many jurisdictions. the alan charge, the dynamite, it is not a usual, you dont want to scold the jury, you dont want it said on appeal if there is a conviction, i mean, if there is a death sentence that someone was coerced into it. you dont want that. but the sad outcome will be if these 12 cant get it together, we have to strike a whole new jury for sentencie ining only, n even more horrible thought, a guilty plea to life. >> well, nancy, when you were a prosecute, y...

Ashleigh, for the four murder counts, the jury can go two ways. they can go first-degree murder or they can go third-degree murder, which would take this out of death penalty land and into perhaps life in prison. but i believe that is what everyone here at the courthouse is sort of talking about, where is this jury on the capital offenses? and ive got to tell you, this is the only day that we havent seen as much activity on the streets. a lot of people are inside. everyone is talking about this ...

You have done your job and you can hold your head up." back to you. >> kimberly: jonathan, this is interesting. after only 45 minutes the deliberation, judge sending them back in. on what we call a dynamite charge saying please continue to do your duty, go back in and deliberate further. they seem to have the right language to say they dont feel a verdict could be reached despite more deliberation going forward. but no indication, the news reports were getting is no indication whatsoever whether...