What does it mean to sequester a jury

A sequestered jury is one that is kept together in a private location separate from their homes or workplaces during part or all of a trial.When there are insufficient jurors voting one way or the other to deliver either a guilty or not guilty verdict, the jury is known as a hung jury or it might be said that jurors are deadlocked.Jury sequestration is the isolation of a jury to avoid accidental or deliberate tainting of the jury by exposing them to outside influence or information that is not admissible in court.A sequestration order is an order handed down by the court which makes you bankrupt..if a verdict still cannot be delivered, at some point the judge will declare a mistrial due to the hung jury.

What does it mean when someone is sequestered?It is unusual for juries to be sequestered longer than a few days or a week.