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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Jasper Lindell

Majority verdicts to stop jury hold-outs forcing retrials in ACT

Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury. Picture by Karleen Minney

A single hold-out on a 12-member jury in the ACT would no longer force a retrial under a legal change to be made by the ACT government.

Jurors who are found guilty of misconduct will also face a two-year prison term under the amended laws, which the government said would close a gap identified by Chief Justice Lucy McCallum.

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