dynamite charge

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Noun

dynamite charge (plural dynamite charges)

1. (law, idiomatic) Instructions given by the judge to a jury that has failed to reach a verdict, in the hope that they can do so after further deliberation.
   • 2013, Saul M. Kassin, Lawrence S. Wrightsman, The American Jury On Trial: Psychological Perspectives‎^[1]:

     "There are no studies comparing deadlocked juries blasted with the dynamite charge to those left to their own devices."

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dynamite,‎ charge.