HUNG JURIES AND HUNG COURTS

A hung jury can't convict someone. Let alone commit them to death.

SO.... why does a "hung COURT" - like the 11th Circuit was on the Schiuavo case - have the right to commit someone to death!? Shouldn't we expect jurists to have the same standards as juries - NOT LOWER ONES -- ESPECIALLY IN MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH!?

Shouldn't the fact that even just ONE JUDGE on the Appelate court wants to review a LIFE AND DEATH CASE be enough to get that case reviewed!? If one holdout juror can prevent a death-penalty verdict from being reached, then I believe that one judge of an Federal Circuit ought to have the same power - albeit TEMPORARY, and be able to UNILATERALLY issue a TRO on a death sentence until the case has been reviewed de novo. I think we do that for murder convict on death row. We should've done that for Terri, too.