This happens all the fucking time, and it's why prosecutors (at the least the ones actually interested in prosecuting criminals) always try to find ways to remove blacks from their juries. They know full well that a black will never vote to convict another black, resulting in a mistrial at best.
My mother saw this first hand. She was a juror in a trial of a black woman accused of robbery and related felonies. There was one black woman on the jury, and this bitch alone forced a mistrial when everyone else knew full well she was guilty, despite some of the other jurors being politically correct and pretending to respect her opinion. That community will never hold its own accountable, and that's why all white juries are a thing despite attempts to ban them.
When the judge concludes that the jury won't be able to reach a unanimous verdict. When the jury tells the judge they can't agree on a verdict he might tell them to keep deliberating a few times, but if they still can't he declares a mistrial.
This happens all the fucking time, and it's why prosecutors (at the least the ones actually interested in prosecuting criminals) always try to find ways to remove blacks from their juries. They know full well that a black will never vote to convict another black, resulting in a mistrial at best.
My mother saw this first hand. She was a juror in a trial of a black woman accused of robbery and related felonies. There was one black woman on the jury, and this bitch alone forced a mistrial when everyone else knew full well she was guilty, despite some of the other jurors being politically correct and pretending to respect her opinion. That community will never hold its own accountable, and that's why all white juries are a thing despite attempts to ban them.
When does it become a mistrial vs continued deliberations?
When the judge concludes that the jury won't be able to reach a unanimous verdict. When the jury tells the judge they can't agree on a verdict he might tell them to keep deliberating a few times, but if they still can't he declares a mistrial.