That didn't take long.
After less than a day of deliberations, the jury in the YNW Melly murder case has told the judge they are deadlocked.
The judge ordered the jury to go back and try again.
BREAKING: The judge has ordered the 12 jurors in the YNW Melly trial to try to come to a verdict one more time after being deadlocked, if they're unable to reach a verdict, then the judge will declare a mistrial. pic.twitter.com/6Bs9Flcpg5
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However, if they can't reach a verdict after that the judge will declare a mistrial.
Hung juries do not terminate jeopardy. In this case, the prosecution would likely decide to retry the case from the beginning without it being considered double jeopardy.