According to the New Health Guide, foods that contain complex proteins can cause burps that smell like rotten eggs. These foods, which include red meats, dairy products and eggs, produce hydrogen sulfide as they are broken down.
A judge may declare a mistrial for several reasons, including lack of jurisdiction, incorrect jury selection, or a deadlocked, or hung, jury. A deadlocked juryâwhere the jurors cannot agree over the defendant's guilt or innocenceâis a common reason for declaring a mistrial. Extraordinary circumstances, such as death or illness of a necessary juror or an attorney, may also result in a mistrial.
Also known as jury lenity. The doctrine of jury nullification (is) the power of a jury to bring in a verdict in the teeth of both law and facts, a technical right, if it can be called so, to decide against the law and the facts.