Hung juries and retrials

Cases where the jury couldn't agree, or the trial was stopped, and the case went to trial again.

• Murders of Margaret and Paul Murdaugh — Convictions overturned 2026, retrial set for April 2027

  Retrial ordered · 2026

  Murders of Margaret and Paul Murdaugh

  1. Convicted 2023
  2. →Overturned 2026
  3. →Retrial 2027

  Islandton, South Carolina, United States · 2021

  Also in: Convictions reconsidered

  Awaiting retrial

• Death of John O'Keefe — Mistrial 2024, retried 2025, acquitted

  Hung → retried · 2024–25

  Death of John O'Keefe

  1. Mistrial 2024
  2. →Retried 2025
  3. →Acquitted 2025

  Canton, Massachusetts, United States · 2022

  Closed — acquittal 2025

• The Murder of Josette Wright — DiPippo retried 2012, acquitted at a third trial 2016; Krivak acquitted 2023

  Retried ×3 · 2012–23

  The Murder of Josette Wright

  1. Convicted 1997
  2. →Retried 2012 · 2016 · 2023
  3. →Acquitted 2016 · 2023

  Carmel, New York, United States · 1994

  Also in: Disappearances later ruled homicide · Convictions reconsidered +1

  Unsolved — last acquittal 2023

• Murder of Hae Min Lee — Mistrial 1999, retried and convicted 2000; vacated 2022, reinstated 2023

  Mistrial · 1999

  Murder of Hae Min Lee

  1. Vacated 2022
  2. →Reinstated 2023

  Baltimore, Maryland, United States · 1999

  Also in: Convictions reconsidered · Charges dropped

  Conviction stands — reinstated 2023

• Murder of Sylvia Quayle — Mistrial March 2022, retried June 2022

  Mistrial → retried · 2022

  Murder of Sylvia Quayle

  1. Mistrial 2022
  2. →Retried 2022
  3. →Convicted 2022

  Cherry Hills Village, Colorado, United States · 1981

  Also in: Arrests many years later

  Convicted 2022

• Murders of Christine and Amber Lundy — Convictions overturned 2013, retried 2015

  Overturned → retried · 2013–15

  Murders of Christine and Amber Lundy

  1. Overturned 2013
  2. →Retried 2015
  3. →Convicted 2015

  Palmerston North, Manawatū, New Zealand · 2000

  Also in: Convictions reconsidered

  Convicted 2015 — paroled 2025

• Murder of Travis Alexander — Penalty jury deadlocked twice

  Hung ×2 · 2013–15

  Murder of Travis Alexander

  1. Convicted 2013
  2. →Hung 2013
  3. →Hung 2015

  Mesa, Arizona, United States · 2008

  Convicted 2013

• Murder of Cara Knott — First jury hung 7–5 for conviction in 1988

  Hung 7–5 · 1988

  Murder of Cara Knott

  1. Hung 7–5 1988
  2. →Retried 1988
  3. →Convicted 1988

  San Diego County, California, United States · 1986

  Convicted 1988