“And I’m thinking, there SHOULD be an aquittal but if the jury is hung, instead of convicting, that’s better than nothing.”
While a hung jury would be better than nothing, as you state, I think that it would depend largely on the actual jury count.
5 to 1 to acquit, totalitarians may not want to retry.
5 to 1 to convict? They would probably retry again.
Split vote? In this travesty they would probably retry.
If Z is acquitted, I would bet that Holder will go after him on a federal civil rights charge.