{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-234a-68c","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 234A, § 68C","heading":"Failure of jury to agree","body":"Section 68C. If a jury, after due and thorough deliberation, returns to court without having agreed on a verdict, the court may state anew the evidence or any part of the evidence, explain to them anew the law applicable to the case and send them out for further deliberation; but if they return a second time without having agreed on a verdict, they shall not be sent out again without their own consent, unless they ask from the court some further explanation of the law.","path":["Part III","Title II","Chapter 234A"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleII/Chapter234A/Section68C","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:56Z","sha256":"053e6c9d88c83aa6397d7d31016fe59bceaae72877d79583bc83cc80186c4dd8","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-234a-68b","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-234a-69"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}