He was already officially punished for his crime. Just because the outcome of the punishment didn’t turn out the way the officials desired is irrelevant. Punishing him again IS double jeopardy.
Agree.
19 posted on 08/23/2016 9:54:49 AM PDT by Steely Tom
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Suppose the sentence was to hang by the neck until dead, and the trap door failed to open. The hanging would be rescheduled while the equipment failure would be corrected.
33 posted on 08/23/2016 10:01:11 AM PDT by Ray76
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