So with new charges can they ask for new opportunity to present a defense?
They defended him against the existing charges- don’t they have to have a new trial for new charges?
I mean what if they said “Oh we want to charge him with tax-evasion now too... “?
Then they can recall the police department head who said oon CNN that OBAMA FORCE HIM TO RAILROAD Zimmerman after the initially decided NOT to charge him
I wondered the same thing. Crazy.
“Double jeopardy is a procedural defence that forbids a defendant from being tried again on the same (or similar) charges following a legitimate acquittal or conviction.” - Wikipedia
If he is acquitted, I doubt they will be able to try in again in a criminal court. Unfortunately our system allows double jeopardy via the civil courts which have a lower standard of proof.
“Double jeopardy is a procedural defence that forbids a defendant from being tried again on the same (or similar) charges following a legitimate acquittal or conviction.” - Wikipedia
If he is acquitted, I doubt they will be able to try in again in a criminal court. Unfortunately our system allows double jeopardy via the civil courts which have a lower standard of proof.
“I mean what if they said “Oh we want to charge him with tax-evasion now too... “?
There ‘s a real danger of something like this happening. Authorities are under great political pressure out of fear of mobs, and from retribution from The Regime.
Targeting an individual(e.g. refusing to recognize Zimmerman’s right to self defense in order to gratify a mob) undermines the concept of rule of law. Do away with that and we have arbitrary rule, which is just what our present leaders are all about. A good reason for our fearless leader to have warm feelings about Trayvon.