“It really is designed to encourage the jury to take one last look at things and really try,” Daniel Medwed, a professor of law and criminal justice at Northeastern University, told USA Today.

Simmons is “an unlikely candidate” for aggressive civil penalties, though he appears to have violated online gaming laws in Massachusetts, said Mark Gottlieb, a law professor at Northeastern University in Boston.

“Refusing to rename a lake costs MapQuest almost nothing operationally. There is no supply chain to rebuild, no product to redesign,” said Koen Pauwels, a professor of marketing at Northeastern University.

Darin Detwiler, a food safety expert and professor emeritus at Northeastern University, noted that the U.S. is seeing more recalls affecting multiple states, rather than a small area.

Costas Panagopoulos, a Northeastern University political science professor, said it benefits Healey to keep the attention on Trump because many voters’ ”decisions in November will come down to how they feel about President Trump and current political and economic conditions.”

Op-ed by Dr. Donathan L. Brown, a tenured associate professor at Northeastern University.

Failure to reach a verdict would result in a hung jury, with neither a conviction nor an acquittal. The judge could then declare a mistrial, giving prosecutors the opportunity to retry Ms. Clancy for first-degree murder or less serious charges, said Daniel Medwed, a professor at Northeastern University School of Law.

Daniel Medwed, a professor of law and criminal justice at Northeastern University, told USA TODAY the message is sometimes called a “dynamite instruction” because the forceful language is intended to break the deadlock.

“Depending on the jurisdiction in which you’re arrested, that dictates whether or not this photo is going to follow you around for the rest of your life,” said Sarah Lageson, an associate professor at Northeastern University’s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and School of Law.

Just past sunrise on a warm August morning, Northeastern University marine science professor David Kimbro stood ankle-deep in the waters of Plum Island Sound. He carried what resembled a stack of white pizza boxes — only they were made of PVC and had black mesh on top.

If the jury returns a second time and says they are still deadlocked, Sullivan may issue what’s called a Tuey-Rodriguez instruction, according to Daniel Medwed, a professor of law and criminal justice at Northeastern University.

Tuey-Rodriguez instructions are given when a jury isn’t able to come to a verdict as a “last-ditch effort” and are also usually a precursor to a hung jury, Northeastern University law professor Daniel Medwed previously told MassLive.