The birth records in this databases come from several different sources: State Health Departments: Some states provide access to birth and other vital records for certain years. The year range available depends on the extent and quality of their record keeping, as well as the laws of the individual state or county.
The judgeâs power allows for dismissal of the case, acquittal, or declaration of a mistrial, and depending upon legal technicalities, the judgeâs decision for acquittal may be interpreted as a dismissal or a mistrial.
If a verdict still cannot be delivered, at some point the judge will declare a mistrial due to the hung jury. (Mistrials can happen for other reasons, so when a trial ends in a mistrial, it is not necessarily due to a hung jury.) In the event of a mistrial, the defendant is not convicted, but neither is the defendant acquitted. An acquittal results from a Not Guilty verdict and cannot be appealed by the prosecution, overturned by the judge, or retried. When there is a mistrial, however, the case may be retried. Since the 1824 case of United States v. Perez, Supreme Court precedent has held that retrial in the event of a mistrial is permissible. However, this ruling was not made on Constitutional grounds.