From a legal point of view it is no different that bribing a member of the jury. You were never in actual jeopardy and the trial is void. You are correct that

From a legal point of view it is no different that bribing a member of the jury. You were never in actual jeopardy and the trial is void. You are correct that one could argue that a hung jury is equivalent to acquittal but that isn't current caselaw. It does make me curious how often the state re-tries someone after a hung jury. My guess is there is a large fall-off there. I'm also curious how many times the state can retry the case attempting to reach a verdict. I'm not sure if there is any caselaw covering that.