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How do trials like this usually play out when politics play such a large role in the minds of the jurors? Given the location of the jury pool it's almost impossible 12 Trumpkins slipped through so I don't think an Oregon style jury nullification is in play. What happens if there are a few not guilty votes who won't give in because of their politics though? Does the judge demand they continue deliberating for months until someone gives in? Does the government run the trial again if the jury is hung? How often does that happen anyway?
not directly political, but oklahoma tried a cop, that hunted down his daughters black boyfriend using police equipment and shot him then drove to a park ditched the gun and called his lawyer, 4 times because they kept getting jurors that thought it was totally fine for the cop to do this.
so i assume if they got a hung jury like that they would weigh the options and probably re-try him. i however am not sure if they were trying to use this conviction as a plea leverage for his next trial, but that may become a factor if that is the case.