GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — There are a few scenarios when a jury ... or an Allen charge. Courts generally want to avoid a mistrial. It takes additional time and money to start the trial proceedings ...

Jurors began deliberations Monday over whether a former ... callous,” Kent County prosecutor Christopher Becker said to the jury in his closing statement. “How many times have you watched ...

The jury in the trial of Christopher Schurr failed to reach ... On Tuesday, Judge Christina Mims read an instruction — also known as the Allen charge — to the jurors, encouraging them to ...